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As a CFI, I have had the "come to Jesus" talk with several students over the years that maybe flying isn't for them. Even after that talk, I would give them dual forever if they wanted, without ever giving them an endorsement for a checkride, and I made that very clear. None of this is a great or foolproof system, and people slip through the cracks. Some of the best pilots on the planet have died making dumb mistakes. Conversely, many marginal and fringe pilots have been flying that way for 30 years. Is what it is.
 
Inverted said:
As a CFI, I have had the "come to Jesus" talk with several students over the years that maybe flying isn't for them. Even after that talk, I would give them dual forever if they wanted, without ever giving them an endorsement for a checkride, and I made that very clear. None of this is a great or foolproof system, and people slip through the cracks. Some of the best pilots on the planet have died making dumb mistakes. Conversely, many marginal and fringe pilots have been flying that way for 30 years. Is what it is.
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Heck in that case, no one should be making fun of Jerry then, as he somehow avoids death or injury…as do people on the ground unknowingly, not by any grand ability or professionalism on his part, and just stumbles and bumbles through the national airspace system on sheer luck alone.

It’s one thing to be competent and make a dumb mistake that ends you dead. It’s another thing to be a known menace to everything in the air and on the ground, with pure dumb luck keeping you alive. But, that’s our GA system.

I’d love to know who signed him off.

Cherokee_Cruiser said:
@Inverted you a DPE? Dang son :)

You don’t by chance do rides in SoCal?
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Love to be a DPE in my area, just so I can severely undercut the rest of the DPEs who charge an arm and a leg for their services. There’s one clown here whose existence as a DPE, and personally knowing his flying history, makes me seriously question the qualifications for the program.
 
MikeD said:
Love to be a DPE in my area, just so I can severely undercut the rest of the DPEs who charge an arm and a leg for their services. There’s one clown here whose existence as a DPE, and personally knowing his flying history, makes me seriously question the qualifications for the program.
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Seriously. I could make a killing and still be charging 1/3 or less than what most DPEs here in Arizona charge these days.
 
Inverted said:
Ehh, it is a ton of work, responsibility and liability to be a DPE...
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Don’t confuse the recognition of an economic opportunity with the motivation to get off my backside and actually, you know, work.

The only reason I’m not comatose in my back yard right now is the rain we had last November put my pool behind schedule and now instead of a Valentines opening looks like it will be died green for an opening on St Paddy’s Day!
 
The job of the examiner for a check ride, is not to check the work of the student but to check the work of the authorizing instructor. The certified instructor is the true gate keeper, and the DPE is utilizing the designee to check that work. Sure, the designee could have been a great pilot, well within standards, and unfortunately not been within standards on checkride day, but that is not how we should look at the system.

If you are a CFI, you are saying that you have done due diligence, student at a minimum, meets standards but has knowledge well above to safely operate within the NAS. That’s where the power and responsibility truly lies.
 
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The job of the examiner for a check ride, is not to check the work of the student but to check the work of the authorizing instructor. The certified instructor is the true gate keeper, and the DPE is utilizing the designee to check that work. Sure, the designee could have been a great pilot, well within standards, and unfortunately not been within standards on checkride day, but that is not how we should look at the system.

If you are a CFI, you are saying that you have done due diligence, student at a minimum, meets standards but has knowledge well above to safely operate within the NAS. That’s where the power and responsibility truly lies.
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Spot on.
 
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