DoPE!! - Designated omnipresent Pilot Examiner

[Deleted member 27505]

Check it...
Everwon' g'wang 'xzamin' in da Bay, mon.
http://fsims.faa.gov/wdocs/notices/n8900_485.pdf

 

[ppragman]

Check it...
Everwon' g'wang test in da Bay, mon.
http://fsims.faa.gov/wdocs/notices/n8900_485.pdf

No way this could possibly go wrong.

 

[Deleted member 27505]

No way this could possibly go wrong.

Right?!?

 

[killbilly]

This is a response to the demand for Examiner needs, which I get...and given that DPE is a for-profit role, I can also see room for abuse here.

What else am I missing?

 

[CFI A&P]

Last time I used a DPEs in my FSDO region they were charging twice the rate of the DPEs in the adjacent district. No doubt there is an issue with the system.

 

[ahw01]

News - FSANA Reports on Practical Test Pricing Around USA | FSANA

 

[Flyinthrew]

Good that they bumped it up to 3 tests a day, but here's an idea...Make more DPEs.

 

[gne in prog]

So the survey found that prices were higher in geographic areas with higher demand? Weird. I hope that trend doesn’t spill over into other goods and services.

 

[Fly_Unity]

Good that they bumped it up to 3 tests a day, but here's an idea...Make more DPEs.

They have been. I believe over three times as many this year as previous years..

 

[Inverted25]

Wish I lived in a area with more testing. My local FSDO said no way were they allowing more examiners. They claimed not enough demand for more. Yet local schools are waiting weeks sometimes to get a check ride scheduled. I know the local examiners don’t want more examiners because they don’t want competition for rides.


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[banjo]

Anybody have a contact in OKC or DC to complain about the dpe situation? FSDO here said not our problem anymore...good luck.