Greg Esres wrote:
neither the FAA nor the AOPA have said that there is a requirement
for the examiner to sign off the check ride as a

The FAA said, via the FAQs:

However, to make sure the applicant gets credit for successful
completion of the Flight Review, the examiner should record that the
§61.56 Flight Review was satisfactorily completed in the applicant's
logbook.

Until John can get some of the basic FAQs correct, that FAQ counts for zilch
in my book.

I pay AOPA $52 each year for legal services. I called them. They assured
me that my CFI checkrides count. I'm set.

Hilton