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I need some advice from fellow CFIs.
Here is some background information on a student I have quoting from the AMEs forum:
Does anyone have any idea how I should go about teaching him so he can maybe understand the basic rote knowledge needed for his checkride?
Here is some background information on a student I have quoting from the AMEs forum:
So I have been giving him around 10 hours of ground instruction and so far he has retained it as well as a sieve holds water. He barely speaks english and has the same ability to read it. He has gone for many checkrides with about every examiner in the area and they all failed him because he knows squat. I ask him a question and if he doesn't know the answer (which is 99% of the time) he changes the subject to something not even related to flying. For example, I asked him what a METAR was and he answered with not kidding you, "I have a friend that has two daughters and they went to college". I stared at him and just shook my head. I asked again and I got a similar response. I feel bad telling him he should give up on flying because I have been told the same thing before when I was in High School.OK, thanks for the English requirements. I always thought that if the AME suspected anything being deficient they would pursue further to determine a final ruling.
As for the mailing the certificate, I am still trying to figure it out. He said the AME had passed him with no limitations but he was only able to get it through the mail. Again I don't know if I believe this because he has to use glasses to read so there has to be some sort of limitation on there.
I asked the student if they deferred it and he did not understand what deferred meant even after I tried to describe it to him. I think I might try calling the examiner and understand what has really happened but I am not sure if flight medical examination falls under the same HIPAA rules. This student owns his own airplane and has been flying for more then 15 years and has amassed easily more then 2000 hours of time. I've only been giving him ground instruction and told him I will not sign him off for anything I have done. He has a flight instructor he flies with that does the rest.
Thanks for the help!
Does anyone have any idea how I should go about teaching him so he can maybe understand the basic rote knowledge needed for his checkride?