Slip to landing on PPG practical test

How about reporting this DPE to the FSDO? There is little quality control
on the DPEs if pilots do not report problems. Just because they do well on
their DPE checkrides with the FAA does not make them a good DPE!

"Terry Claussen" wrote in message
om...
Judy Ruprecht wrote in message Ask your CFI to
have a heart-to-heart with the DE.
If he/she is 'hard over' on slipping all the way to
the ground irrespective of aircraft and airport concerns,
find another DE.

Judy
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I agree with Judy.

Terry Claussen
DPEG AZ

I'd only "report" him/her if this request persists to the bitter end.
Perhaps it would be good to take some of these posts and share them with
the DE before your meeting and suggest that while it's part of the PTS,
you have concerns about the safety of such a maneuver. Outright
reporting and subsequently ticking him/her off might be a poor move.
Additionally you can suggest that a no spoiler approach is essentially a
maneuver that is only required if you have an in-flight spoiler failure
and that the pre-flight and "positive" checks should find a control hook
up issue. Furthermore, it's an extremely rare failure.

I've only seen this maneuver attempted once and the CFIG who attempted
to do it flew an L-23 the length of a 5000' runway before going for the
brakes and then moderately ground looping at the end of the roll to
avoid the ditch at the end of the property. Previously he'd instructed
in 2-33s. I would not chose to do it myself.

Paul Lynch wrote:
How about reporting this DPE to the FSDO? There is little quality control
on the DPEs if pilots do not report problems. Just because they do well on
their DPE checkrides with the FAA does not make them a good DPE!

"Terry Claussen" wrote in message
om...

Judy Ruprecht wrote in message Ask your CFI to
have a heart-to-heart with the DE.

If he/she is 'hard over' on slipping all the way to
the ground irrespective of aircraft and airport concerns,
find another DE.

Judy

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I agree with Judy.

Terry Claussen
DPEG AZ