My DE said she would count it as plus if an applicant cancelled the ride
after the oral. Good 'Decision making' at its best.

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Thx, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.

VOsborne2 at charter dot net
"Michael" wrote in message
oups.com...
Sacramento FSDO recently told him that he is not allowed to begin a
checkride (i.e. do the oral) unless he believes there is a high
probability of finishing the entire exam.

What on earth is the point of that?

Well, a checkride is, after all, a flight. And one should not begin a
flight unless one believes there is a high probability of completing it
as planned. After all, you wouldn't suggest to a student that he get
his briefing and plan his flight when the weather was crappy halfway to
his destination, right? Because once he planned it, he might be
tempted to launch and take a look, figuring it might improve, or he can
always land and wait it out, completing the trip later - because
really, what's the point? It's when you get there that counts, not
when you leave. And then when he got halfway there and the weather was
bad, he might be tempted to press on a little longer because hey, it
might improve and he's already halfway there.

Better he not launch unless he can count on making it all the way there
in one shot.

Why shouldn't the same philosophy apply to checkrides? It makes just
as much sense.
Of course maybe the whole concept is wrong...

Michael