Frequently Asked Questions with a DPE - AeroGuard Flight Training Center
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- Flight Instructor Beth Brown, sits down with Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) Pete Reddan to get his insights on frequently asked questions by student pilots that are preparing for their FAA checkride. Find out Pete's answers to questions like:
As my passenger, but also a DPE, how do I treat you since you are really the boss?
What are some trends you see or weak areas for applicants?
and more!
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I remember when I did my multiengine practical checkride, I was just about entering the runway for take off and suddenly my seat moved backwards, so what I did was taxi back to the ramp. The examiner said that was a good decision making, if you would have tried to initiate the take off I would have failed you immediately. So next day I took my checkride again and everything went fine. So always a good decision making is mandatory. Fly safe!
Thanks for the comment and insight, Enrique! Glad you were able to safely pass the checkride!
Just gotta pause and clap for the “just remember the ACS” comment yeah in addition to everything else great question glad they asked
Beth and Pete, thank you for taking the time to have this conversation and dispel many of the worries that applicants may have when planning their check ride.
Great advice! I was solo practicing my steep turns and just could not figure out why I was getting so far out of tolerance in smooth air; so I rolled out and started over. Your advice emphasizes to fly the plane during the CheckRide just as I would solo.
I like his explanation on the ACS, but it is so daunting, like how do you fill your mind with its entirety ..Going for a check ride hopefully in a few months…
Thanks for the tips
We're happy to help!
great information. Thank you. If you don't mind some video/audio production feedback... Try not to record audio with camera mic in a room with hard services like concrete/similar. This audio sounds like you are in a bathroom or cave. A room with carpet or a rug will improve this.
People stare at the instruments because the standard is so exact. I get once you have it in tune and locked in you have it and that you're VFR, so your focus should be outside but how many times do we realistically practice these to be that an expert on a relatively abritrary maneuver that we do just for the check ride. Burning in the sight picture of something just to do it for the test just seems ridiculous. He flies the same two aircraft routeinly as a DPE so yeah for him I'm sure he can see the sight picture of a stall or slow flight is incorrect.. but as a student pilot I don't fly at stall/cusp of stalling normally.
I'm a fellow student pilot so keep this in mind as you consider my answer to your question. I think the point he is trying to make is that students 'fixate' on instruments and ignore the idea that VFR means flying by visual reference to OUTSIDE. DPEs want to see your eyeballs are looking outside and that you are able to hold a straight and level course or maintain a steady turn at altitude without relying only on instruments alone. The impression I got from this is that if you are obviously staring too long at the instruments during a maneuver you aren't using the primary data point - the outdoor view - available to you. That said, I hear you. I really struggle to see the subtle changes in pitch and our horizons in the midwest can be pretty soft. I'd say it took over 10 hours before I really could perceive this and way more to do so without direct focus. I didn't improve my pitch consistency to my satisfaction until I learned to rapidly scan the attitude indicator (not airspeed). I wasn't taught this until in my cross country phase when I also completed the fly by instruments qualifying hours. I am still learning to "see" pitch changes to the degree I want to but in the meantime I'm practicing quick scans - I say 'check check' out loud as I move between altitude, attitude, airspeed and heading indicators. Final note - the more I fly the less exacting the standards actually feel. The tolerances are actually pretty generous. Regardless of when your check ride falls in your learning journey, I think the more you fly the more this is true. But a student with 50 hours is going to struggle more than a student with 70 or 80. Understandably most students want to get to the check ride asap, but if you are taking a little longer that will only make it easier to pass the check ride. And more importantly make you a safer pilot for the untrained passengers who will put their safety in your hands.
What is ACS?
ACS stands for Airman Certification Standards, it's essentially the requirements and tolerances required to earn that license or rating.
www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/training_testing/testing/acs/private_airplane_acs_change_1.pdf This is the ACS link. You can google it too if you lose this link.
Heck yea, I look for all of the airports around my home-airport. Emergency and Also Bathroom landings. Ha Ha.
Since I got 100% on my written, should I expect more scrutiny due to that? The last thing I want to do is appear "cocky" or a "know-it-all" but I do want to be confident.
Congratulations on getting 100%! By rule, DPEs must test on failed items from the written, so technically those with lower scores would have more areas to review with their DPE,. However, DPEs can cover what they like, so ensure you are well prepared and you will do great - Good luck!
@@flyaeroguard Thank you! Checkride is on the 18th!
@@sjaviation how did it go?
@@kurtreber9813 I passed! Working on instrument rating now.
@@sjaviation Awesome! And congratulations.That really opens up the skies for you. I haven't even started PPL yet but have been ready for years and hopefully start as soon as tomorrow with a (re-)discovery flight. Weather has not been a friend lately.
Mother Nature diversion.