REAL Student Takes Instrument Mock Checkride
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2023
- Gold Seal Online Ground School presents this Instrument Pilot Mock Checkride.
Examiner Todd Shellnut tests the instrument pilot applicant, Alex Hernandez, in a mock oral test. Todd also reviews Alex's performance with Russ at the end.
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Wow I feel much better about my knowledge now. This was painful!
Brutal. I couldn't look away
It may be usefull to overlay the correct answers to the questions in text on one side of the screen. For those studying along to know what the expectations are for the answer(what the DPE is expecting to hear) He really fell apart on Met, which is unfortunate met is obviously super important to IFR.. It's just one of those things that catches you from time to time.. you study all of this stuff for you IFR, then they ask you a basic PPL question from years ago and you go blank :)
its least say wind shear
Loved watching the Private Pilot and Instrument Mock Checkride, I wish we could see the debrief with all of the things that Todd wanted to review with the applicant though.
It would help if the right answers (or at least the relevant FAR/AIM references) were overlaid during the video
Todd: Asks very basic question about cloud groups.
Alex: "not lenticular... I don't think..."
Todd: "and where would you find lenticular clouds?!".
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you start digging yourself into holes in a check ride.
Fantastic video and series! And spoiler alert… he recently passed his real checkride, this mock oral certainly helped!
Great news, Nathan. Thanks and congrats to Alex!
Where was he at the time of this video? Was that close to passing? I am preparing for my check ride and feel like I’m better prepared now than he is in the video but definitely still nervous.
He was asked what to do when encountering icing and he said I’m not aware. This is a horrifying lack of understanding. I really hope we don’t see this guy in an ntsb report someday. Airplanes are not toys. You either know your stuff or stay out of the pilot seat.
I really appreciate this checkride video. Most videos seem to be prepared and perfect. This is rough and authentic and a good example of what I am sure some checkrides look like. This shows why it is important to be completely prepared. With where I am at in instrument this is probably how my checkride would go right now. This lad was brave for being willing to go on video for this in the first place.
Thanks! It was a brutal reality check of what to study!
OMG 🤦♂️😂. One of my DPE’s said these words that have stuck with me for many years: “Think twice. And answer once.” And don’t go overboard with elaborating or “reaching” when answering 🤦♂️ . Great video to learn from though! I hope to see more vids 👍
I have an instrument student nearly ready for his checkride and have asked him to watch this. Really nice to see a real world example where the student is actually struggling with some of the answers. There is a much older mock Instrument checkride video on YT but the student in that one has nearly perfect answers for everything.
Bless his soul. 😂
The thunderstorm question provided turbulence for the rest of the weather questions.
I would love to see imagery pop up with answers where he fell short, similar to the red underline for the METAR, that was a good add on. Hopefully he’s like me when I fall on my face and obsessively get in the books.
#failforward
Still working on my private and amen to your comment. Stumble on one thing, and it starts with "ohh okay, okay. So...."
this would 1000% be a disapproval....
Always good to see Todd. He was my CFI for my private certification back in 04. "Outstanding"
It would have been great if they posted the debrief as well.
I mean... If you're up to speed in your own instrument studies you pretty much already knew from the get go what he got right and what he got wrong.
Very helpful video! The student was struggling and it makes me learn more, cause I find myself answering those questions and trying correct. Hope this guy was able to get passed his weaker areas and go on to get IFR certified. Thanks!
Got my instrument checkride in a few weeks! This video serves as an excellent preperation tool.
"things that make you go hmmm", haha. I appreciate the student putting himself out there. There are plenty of videos of mock checkrides where students nail each question. This is very helpful to learn from. I hope and wish the student good luck and hope they prepare appropriately for the real thing and acting on IFR flight plans
this is a hard watch who let this man go into this knowing it was going to be on youtube
Thanks for sharing this! Would love to see the debrief portion as well.
This are so helpful, i hope CPL drops before my checkride! thank you for this series!
This was great. I am so glad you did this!
I found this to be a very helpful video. It is eye-opening for a fellow student to see how we can sometimes dig ourselves into holes when we are nervous, and even doubt our own knowledge. Having cameras and knowing others will see you be tested would just add to my nerves 😬 I truly appreciate the authenticity of this video. A good pilot is always learning, and learning from others! A lot of the comments did not pass the vibe check. Thanks Alex for your authenticity and for your nerves even! It helps me immensely! Congrats on your pass as well ☺️
Who would subject themselves to this kind of unprepared torture?
I went back and polished up on cloud types. This video was excellent in preparing for the direction the exam might go.
Thank you guys!
These are very helpful to self test. I love reviewing them to recall information. -
Nice my checkride is tmr so this is great. Please start saying the answer to the incorrect questions. Only way we learn
Did you pass?
They highlight the incorrect responses to make you think about it. Almost answer themselves. They really aren't trick questions.
If you had a check ride scheduled for the day after you watched this and still needed correct answers posted on the screen then you probably weren't ready.
You should be able to tell on the spot which questions he got right and wrong with very little help.
Very helpful that you for putting yourself out there
You guys release this a week before my IRA checkride thank you!!!!!
How'd it go?
I had to pause the video. I'm not even done yet... As someone with an enthusiasm for aviation, trying to stack money just to cover ground school, and to be able to pay for In-Air-Training separately.
This just made my heart beat...
More ifr mocks please
Refreshing to see this when going for my CFI-I and getting to those aha moments where you either clarified something or i had forgotten such as the -TSRA ( i thought it was light thunderstorm with rain showers)
It is Thunderstorms with Rain showers, the (-) indicate slight intensity, TSRA would indicate moderate and +TSRA would indicate heavy TS and severe rain
The plus and minus only apply to the intensity of the precipitation not the weather phenomenon itself. +TSRA directly translates to Thunderstorms with heavy rain. It doesn’t necessarily mean severe Thunderstorms.
Awesome video! When is the new one dropping?
Man when i got my Instrument rating it was what seems a lot easier, of course that was in 1991 when I was 22 years old.
I guarantee you some of us old heads that are in our 50s that had it for 30 years if we had to sit down like he's doing right now across from the examiner we would receive an unsatisfactory report. Especially ones like me that just barely stay current, oh I'm definitely not talking about the proficient guys and commercial guys
Don’t watch this if you’re preparing for your oral. The “applicants” answers are t corrected and the “DPE” accepted quite a few very spotty answers.
Yea right from the get go he misses the obvious IPC question and “DPE” accepts it…
Yes. I wouldn’t use this as a learning reference, rather take the questions and come up with my own answers, and write down ones I don’t understand to study with other resources.
@@thejackbox that was such a give me too! Two years since last instrument flight and this guy starts rattling "6 hits". 🙄. Read the room, dude..
How do I hire Mr. Shellnutt to give me a mock checkride over Zoom and tell me where to improve before my checkride? I tell you, I’d pay handsomely.
Channel 7 news is a great source of a 7 day outlook forcast...
I've loved your content in the past but didn't find this one helpful. Todd does a good job of not bailing the student out but his lack of understanding around weather made me start to question even what I knew. And without any immediate feedback from Todd about what he got wrong I need to go back and research every part. It would be great if there was text at the bottom of the screen showing when he was wrong (similar to what you did when he failed to accurately read the METAR)
Did not know EMAS - Engineered Materials Arrestor System - absorbs kinetic energy of an aircraft that overruns the runway.
it starts getting fun at 17:17 😅
I couldn't stop cringing. wow what a nice guy Todd is. I finally had to stop at 24:05. ROTFLMAO. OK I soldiered on later and now I am sad. I hope this guy doesn't sit for his check ride any time soon. Someone needs to teach him some things.
@@gendaminoru3195 thanks .
Did he passed? It seems he’s not prepared
Only would know that from the debrief that was not included here.
It's hard to imagine this guy passing the written test... How do you get to this point in your flying career without knowing the first thing about aviation weather? I would be embarrassed if this was my student
50:27 I about died laughing at this guy. The student was utterly confused I'm sure
How about increased drag caused decrease in airspeed, assuming no increase in power, which then causes decrease in lift.
Hey bro seems like you know a lot. You an instrument pilot or cfi? I just passed my private pilot and I’m looking by myself at instrument and is a bit overwhelming. Any chance I can get your insta or something to chat a bit?
@@jorgejaredserrano7917 there are plenty that know more than I. I am not comfortable with giving out private chat info here. However, there loads of you tube resources to help you. Just plug along at your pace and eventually you will get there.
Wow increased drag causes decrease in lift? They might be related in so much that the ice has multiple effects but the lift equation does not depend on drag induced or parasitic.
Silly interpretation
Upon arriving craig, fly to IAF @5K' then fly published approach
So if the air intake in front of the engine gets iced up. What other source of air does the engine have
Alternate air door
@@llxlxllxlxllthank you!
my CFII said that the filterd air will automatically drop and you will get unfiltered air.
Guy needs to study wx alot more° simple questions on clouds etc he has issues with
We can all study *a lot more.
@@bugcorrell9359 specially the auto correct on the cell phone
@@bugcorrell9359 that's your best shot?
Why’s the debrief not included?
1:28:30
I feel like confusing myself by listening to this candidate..😮😮 he is just guessing and giving very doubtful answers all the time..
I agree fully. I wouldn’t recommend someone who’s preparing for the oral watch this.
You'll know you're ready for the check ride when you KNOW what answers he's getting right and getting wrong. Only when you know the answers without a doubt will you be able to discern the difference. But yes, he was very unprepared in a lot of his answers.
Omg……
In a Shellnutt this was a good video (stolen from ppl version) 😆
Strange many of the weather questions were things you had to know for private he seemed to just not know or forget
Well yea, you learn it for pilot and then have months before your IFR checkride, its reasonable you would forget stuff.
So just know it to pass a test but not necessarily know it for actual flying lol oh my god obviously are not a pilot
@@georgehardie2016 Most pilots are fine just getting a standard weather briefing and making sure there are no big weather events incoming.
How not to checkride 😵
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Did not Know Emas Cool
when he started off, it appeared as he was going to do fine but halfway through you know, this guy is going to need a lot of work to learn this stuff lol… it was a little painful to watch when it got to how the instruments work lol… but he looks determined to learn so things don’t look too bad in the future skies haha… good luck buddy! study hard for at least another 6 months! Great video! thanks!
Yes, he did have his stumbling blocks. But he passed his instrument checkride about a week later.
@@GoldSealFlightheck yes! Congrats to him! Well done
Lol he will not carry a hand wrote flight log lol never he just said that bs to sound good to the dpe
Many many many people do not carry hand wrote logs anymore
In a checkride 100 percent he will obviously you are not a pilot
I hate the answer “uh foreflight”…
7600 lost comm
Interesting in so much that it gave me the chance to edify by mistakes rather than correctness. The biggest problem I have with the candidate is that he offers too much information. It is best to keep the answers to the point and concise. Never second guess in the middle of a point or sentence. RELAX! The examiner is really glossing over inaccurate and incomplete answers. For instance, the answer, "personaly I would not", does not answer the legality or requirement. You are free to note the difference between legal and safe but you do not get any brownie points for doing so. The examiner is not there to assess what you will choose to do later on your own as that is not in the standards.
25:38 talking about clouds he says "man, I'm not there right now" I think he meant to say "I'm not prepared right now".
Sad that one can't take anything from this due to an unprepared candidate.
Weather kills more GA pilots than anything else, yet it's still the weakest area for pilots, dont understand.... Wonder how many people have actually read AC 00-6B AC-045H. The Weather handbook is free, and it costs nothing but intellectual curiosity to learn it.
The AC was replaced by a new weather textbook: FAA-H-8083-28
Preach!
Talked about lost comms for ten minutes and, unless I missed it, never made a single mention to squawk 7600... Big time fail.
Also, boys and girls - if you're at a instrument oral exam and still can't fire off what's required for the development of a thunderstorm - then you're in the wrong place. This should be something you can recite in your sleep by ifr check ride time.
I get that there's a lot of pressure with cameras and examiners firing off questions, but this looked more like someone who has spent more time in the rote recital of answers. The fact that he was allowed a note book with all the common acronyms right there at his disposal was shocking. I venture to think that if a real examiner probably wouldn't be too keen on that approach.
If anything, it was good to hear basic questions from an examiner and kinda get a feel for what to expect. My check ride is in six days and after watching this - I feel prepared to do just fine.
I wish they picked a different student for this nobody learned anything from this video bummer
I stopped watching when he was struggling with GRABCARD
maybe it is lenticular hahahah... SMH
(hands him a shovel)