CFI checkride coming up!
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montanapilot
Well-Known Member
PDX I see. Who is your Designated Examiner?
meritflyer
Well-Known Member
Tab your AIM so you know where to find EVERYTHING without having to flip page by page through it. Do the same with your Airpland Flying Handbook. There are too many little things to remember, IMO. A great CFI knows exactly where to reference a question and support his answer.
Oh yeah, and dont fail!
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Oh yeah, and dont fail!
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jrh
Well-Known Member
What the others have said, plus...
Don't BS anything. The examiner can see through it. And, after all, you wouldn't ever BS a student, right?
The night before the checkride, get a good nights sleep and try to relax. The fact is, by the night before the ride, you either know your stuff or you don't. No amount of worrying or cramming will save you if you're not prepared, and if you are prepared, then there's nothing to stress about. Getting enough rest will help your performance during the ride a lot more than any little bits of information you might pick up during a late night of studying.
Have fun. The examiner isn't there to fail you. They know you're not perfect, and don't expect you to be. They just want to make sure you're safe, not going to pass on any bad habits/misinformation to students, and that you can convey information in a reasonably clear manner.
Don't BS anything. The examiner can see through it. And, after all, you wouldn't ever BS a student, right?
The night before the checkride, get a good nights sleep and try to relax. The fact is, by the night before the ride, you either know your stuff or you don't. No amount of worrying or cramming will save you if you're not prepared, and if you are prepared, then there's nothing to stress about. Getting enough rest will help your performance during the ride a lot more than any little bits of information you might pick up during a late night of studying.
Have fun. The examiner isn't there to fail you. They know you're not perfect, and don't expect you to be. They just want to make sure you're safe, not going to pass on any bad habits/misinformation to students, and that you can convey information in a reasonably clear manner.
caliginousface
Frank N. Beans
Don't do it!
I kid I kid...just relax man, if you prepared well you'll be all good. You know how to do the maneuvers, you've done them since you were a student pilot. And yeah don't BS.
I kid I kid...just relax man, if you prepared well you'll be all good. You know how to do the maneuvers, you've done them since you were a student pilot. And yeah don't BS.
desertdog71
Girthy Member
Make sure you are sharp even on the easy things.
I speak from experience on this one.
I speak from experience on this one.
FlyEDouglas
New Member
I posted this elsewhere in response to some checkride worries but I think it will help answer your request:
Every pilot, examiner, airplane, checkride, day, etc is different. The best pilot in the world could fail a checkride, and the worst pilot in the world could pass one in the blink of an eye. I've seen stuff like this happen a lot. In fact, I've considered (and I'm still considering) reporting a DE because of a COUPLE of the circumstances surrounding the initial MEI checkride of... someone I know. : ) Long story so I won't go into it now. You can listen to advice from everyone leading up to a checkride. And all of it will probably be true to some extent or under certain circumstances, or with certain examiners. But EVERY checkride is different. I'd say the best thing to do is just know your stuff as well as you can and don't fret. If you know your stuff and you're confident about that (confident-not to be confused with cocky... a serious side-effect resulting from getting your pilot certificate) then it will be obvious to the examiner. I have found (and once again... everyone is different) that the best way to approach a checkride is to act as if you're going flying and there's a really nice guy that you're taking up with you. He's interested in flying so he asks you to show him a few things or explain a few things. Just do it, explain it, etc. Worrying about it is only going to screw you up or screw you up more. And don't try to BS the DE. That's a big big NO-NO. They know their crap. They'll likely see RIGHT through it. And they've seen it all before. Also, try to look forward to your checkride. Although I'm not a big fan of checkrides, I do love learning new tricks and tips from the DEs during the rides. It never fails. They LOVE to impart knowledge. And everyone knows that every pilot thinks/believes that he/she is the best. His/her practices/procedures for doing everything are the best. So if he/she can make another pilot do stuff more like him/her, the skies would be a safer place. THE EXAMINERS ARE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS. Use it as a learning experience. Even if you don't agree with it, everything they say is "VERY interesting" or an "interesting way of looking at it." You get the idea. Play the game, but at the same time learn something! Just remember that you can only do the best that you can do. No matter what there is ALWAYS a chance that you will fail. It's an unfortunate fact of flying life. A friend of mine showed up for a checkride after a full night's sleep, rearing to go, and the first thing the examiner said to him was "You look fatigued. I'm rescheduling the checkride." I also know someone that had a two hour initial-MEI checkride (two hours TOTAL... oral, flight, paperwork and all) because the DE had somewhere he needed to be. So it all depends. If you're too nervous, maybe you're just not ready for the license. Just know your stuff and fly like you do normally and you're putting as many odds as you can in your favor.
Happy flying all
Every pilot, examiner, airplane, checkride, day, etc is different. The best pilot in the world could fail a checkride, and the worst pilot in the world could pass one in the blink of an eye. I've seen stuff like this happen a lot. In fact, I've considered (and I'm still considering) reporting a DE because of a COUPLE of the circumstances surrounding the initial MEI checkride of... someone I know. : ) Long story so I won't go into it now. You can listen to advice from everyone leading up to a checkride. And all of it will probably be true to some extent or under certain circumstances, or with certain examiners. But EVERY checkride is different. I'd say the best thing to do is just know your stuff as well as you can and don't fret. If you know your stuff and you're confident about that (confident-not to be confused with cocky... a serious side-effect resulting from getting your pilot certificate) then it will be obvious to the examiner. I have found (and once again... everyone is different) that the best way to approach a checkride is to act as if you're going flying and there's a really nice guy that you're taking up with you. He's interested in flying so he asks you to show him a few things or explain a few things. Just do it, explain it, etc. Worrying about it is only going to screw you up or screw you up more. And don't try to BS the DE. That's a big big NO-NO. They know their crap. They'll likely see RIGHT through it. And they've seen it all before. Also, try to look forward to your checkride. Although I'm not a big fan of checkrides, I do love learning new tricks and tips from the DEs during the rides. It never fails. They LOVE to impart knowledge. And everyone knows that every pilot thinks/believes that he/she is the best. His/her practices/procedures for doing everything are the best. So if he/she can make another pilot do stuff more like him/her, the skies would be a safer place. THE EXAMINERS ARE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THIS. Use it as a learning experience. Even if you don't agree with it, everything they say is "VERY interesting" or an "interesting way of looking at it." You get the idea. Play the game, but at the same time learn something! Just remember that you can only do the best that you can do. No matter what there is ALWAYS a chance that you will fail. It's an unfortunate fact of flying life. A friend of mine showed up for a checkride after a full night's sleep, rearing to go, and the first thing the examiner said to him was "You look fatigued. I'm rescheduling the checkride." I also know someone that had a two hour initial-MEI checkride (two hours TOTAL... oral, flight, paperwork and all) because the DE had somewhere he needed to be. So it all depends. If you're too nervous, maybe you're just not ready for the license. Just know your stuff and fly like you do normally and you're putting as many odds as you can in your favor.
Happy flying all
desertdog71
Girthy Member
Wow that would be pretty nice. My flight portion was 2.3
I have trouble believing that 2 hours was near enough time. It took the full 2.3 for me to properly teach all the maneuvers we did on the flight.
Again my advice is not to overlook anything. I got myself in trouble by not preparing properly for EVERYTHING. I glanced over some things I thought would be easy and concentrated on the more difficult maneuvers and procedures only to bust on the simplest of things. My reward now is to spend another 3 hours Flying back and forth to Wichita and flying with the examiner to do ONE maneuver.
Also they do love to see a tabbed and highlighted FAR/AIM and any AC's that may be helpful to you. The ones for the Endorsements and Flight Reviews are good ones to have. Also there is much emphasis on runway incursion and ground operations right now. Its one of their areas of emphasis right now.
You will do fine.
meritflyer
Well-Known Member
2 hours!?!
Dang! Mine lasted 3 days (for real!). After the flight, my oral continued for another 2 hours.
Wheeww..
Dang! Mine lasted 3 days (for real!). After the flight, my oral continued for another 2 hours.
Wheeww..
desertdog71
Girthy Member
I'm taking my ride with Dave Shuur from the FAA and a lady that is training to be an FAA examiner. So I don't know which is actually giving ride or if the training one is just observing. Hopefully they won't gang up on me
Thanks for the words o' wisdom!
I got the tag team oral myself but just the FAA examiner did the actual flight portion. Have fun with that one.
desertdog71
Girthy Member
The second person is there to "OBSERVE"
What actually happened is I got tag teamed. The FAA examiner had to put on a good show of course. I didn't feel like it was unfair though. It was a pretty thourough oral portion for mine. It wasn't that big of a deal in the end.