ozziecat35
4 out of 5 great lakes prefer Michigan.
I assume I'm out of luck, since it is my initial and has to go through the FSDO?
I assume I'm out of luck, since it is my initial and has to go through the FSDO?
That's almost a racket.Of course if they do offer that solution, you're going to be adding a hefty chunk of change for a DPE fee... I would think at least $500 for a CFI Initial ride.
Especially considering I'm at the Dupage FSDO...'cept homeboy doesn't have $500 hundred to spare.Don't know about you guys, but i'd rather pony up for a DPE vs dealing with the FSDO.
Don't know about you guys, but i'd rather pony up for a DPE vs dealing with the FSDO.
It used to be a 90% fail rate at the ATL FSDO with an average of 3 tests per applicant. I don't know if that still holds true.
NO ref. material? So in this guys world, you'd teach students w/ no resources as well? That's amazing. How did he justify that?I heard that DPE CFI Initials have a lower first time pass rate than inspector rides. I heard it on the internet, so it must be true.
That said, I did my initial ride with a fed. Despite him being quirky and not allowing me any reference material (not even the darn PTS) it was a straight forward checkride.
He didn't justify it, just said no reference material unless he asked me to prove something. He even told me that I got something wrong, which I didn't and I couldn't show that to him. But, oh well.NO ref. material? So in this guys world, you'd teach students w/ no resources as well? That's amazing. How did he justify that?
Especially considering I'm at the Dupage FSDO...'cept homeboy doesn't have $500 hundred to spare.
It used to be a 90% fail rate at the ATL FSDO with an average of 3 tests per applicant. I don't know if that still holds true.
It's 800 for a CFI initial ride in south Florida, but I honestly believe it's money well spent. It's to the same standards, yes. The difference is the presentation of the test, in my experience. DPE I had was very relaxed, and overall it was a excruciatingly overblown experience. I was prepared, missed my fair share as anyone else, but I was much more relaxed and ready for those "what if" scenarios and off the wall questions asked...I know no one has that much money laying around (edit: except major domo), all i'm saying is if you do have to use a DPE, the cost when you have the certificate in your hand is worth it (two weeks of waiting for the FSDO=800 dollars). I wish you the BEST of luck, blue skies, an airworthy airplane, and a fat dumb and happy DPE!!
That is what I was thinking too, the whole fed stigma. After my checkride I spoke to my instructor about it, who knew the inspector from previous rides. He said that he thinks the reason mine went the way it did was that the inspector saw me at the school often(he lived on the field and rented from them on occasion) and that everytime he was there he saw me teaching students or studying. He thought that the inspector wanted to see what all I had, and that if I struggled he'd probably let me reference stuff.wow...give people an ounce of authority...yada yada...
I have a buddy that had the dupage fed pull out her phone during the check ride in the plane. He didn't know if it was a test or her needing to do something fed related. Can't remember what happened with that but he didn't bust on it. Just an interesting scenario I guessLast I heard, Dupage FSDO is averaging 80% failure rate.
The customer service factor can be drastically different depending on the FSDO.It shouldn't matter if its the FSDO or a DPE, You still have to meet PTS standards.