True, but we had a really bad DE who used to give 8 hour orals to
PP-ASELs, and flunked them on silly stuff like this too. If he needs 8
hours to determine whether somebody posesses the level of knowledge
for a PP-ASEL, then he's a pretty shaky examiner. If he needs more
than a couple of hours to determine that (given the student already
has passed the knowledge test), then I'm inclined to believe the
problem is the DE, and not the student. BTW, This DE didn't stay a DE.
He got the message when every CFI in the region refused to send him
anyone. He worked out of the same airport as a popular (more
reasonable) DE. The reasonable guy would have literally dozens of
exams per week, the shaky guy none.

Cap


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"OtisWinslow" wrote in message
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There was one here that spent almost 8 hours with a PPL
applicant and then flunked her on some little thing. Any
CFI who would send a student to a DE like that has
to be nuts.


I have seen DEs do this with applicants that they thought were marginal.
They ask more questions to confirm their opinion one way or another. The
applicant may flunk on some small item, but what the DE is really saying is
that he wants the applicant to go back and study harder. He tells the
applicant this, but the applicant does not necessarily mention that when she
tells other people how her check ride went.