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Just giving another example of what I call a question asked that satisfies the person asking the questions ego. The asked probably does not know the answer and does not need to know it either but the person asking can feel intellectually superior because he knows the answer to a "difficult" question. I used a DPE once that asked the above 100 hour question to one of my students. 30 minutes of the oral was him sweating it out trying to find the answer in the FARAIM. He thought he was going to fail the whole time. Then the DPE finally told him and said it was not a pass/fail question.

This is total BS and was the last time I ever used this DP. I do see how this can probe the deeper levels of understanding but there are just so many more important questions to ask in such a short time frame in my opinion.

I just think it's important to stick to the life and death stuff because there is plenty of it to fill up a couple of orals.
 
denver said:
Just giving another example of what I call a question asked that satisfies the person asking the questions ego. The asked probably does not know the answer and does not need to know it either but the person asking can feel intellectually superior because he knows the answer to a "difficult" question. I used a DPE once that asked the above 100 hour question to one of my students. 30 minutes of the oral was him sweating it out trying to find the answer in the FARAIM. He thought he was going to fail the whole time. Then the DPE finally told him and said it was not a pass/fail question.

This is total BS and was the last time I ever used this DP. I do see how this can probe the deeper levels of understanding but there are just so many more important questions to ask in such a short time frame in my opinion.

I just think it's important to stick to the life and death stuff because there is plenty of it to fill up a couple of orals.
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I guess I don't see that as being a very tough question. It boils down to "is our flight today for hire or not?" It's just scenario based.
 
denver said:
Just giving another example of what I call a question asked that satisfies the person asking the questions ego. The asked probably does not know the answer and does not need to know it either but the person asking can feel intellectually superior because he knows the answer to a "difficult" question. I used a DPE once that asked the above 100 hour question to one of my students. 30 minutes of the oral was him sweating it out trying to find the answer in the FARAIM. He thought he was going to fail the whole time. Then the DPE finally told him and said it was not a pass/fail question.

This is total BS and was the last time I ever used this DP. I do see how this can probe the deeper levels of understanding but there are just so many more important questions to ask in such a short time frame in my opinion.

I just think it's important to stick to the life and death stuff because there is plenty of it to fill up a couple of orals.
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If he didn't fail him, I don;t see it as a big deal. It is never a bad idea to challenge the capabilities of a student, especially if it isn't pass/fail. It was probably a learning experience for your student. I have had examiners do the same thing to me and I valued it.
 
getting used to the self stroking ego is a must in this business. Better to get experience dealing with it early on. There isn't an examiner in this world that will let you get away with an oral where you don't bounce one of the questions and if he has to go to the ridiculous to get there, he will.

Aviation, a whole lotta white dudes trying to make up for something lol :)
 
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