On Apr 10, 12:56 pm, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:
JGalban via AviationKB.com wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote:

Traditionally the students were told what calculations to do ahead of
time and would arrive with a flight plan, W&B, performance, balanced
field, etc asked for by the DE the night before the ride.

Really? I don't remember that tradition. I took my ride in '88
and at that time, the DE would (maybe) tell you where the pseudo
cross country was going to go. On the day of the examination, you
were required to do the flight plan right there in front of the DE.
As I recall, the PTS had a requrement that the flight plan must be
completed in 30 min. Later on (in the rule overhaul of '96, IIRC),
they dropped the 30 min. time limit.

Not in '79 or '96 either.

In '79 when I did my PPL I'd never met or talked to my DE before I flew down
to take the check ride. In '95 when I got my helicopter rating the DE was
himself being examined by an FAA examiner. I had been talking to the FAA guy
before I started and he knew I already had my PPL and that this was just an
add-on.

When the DE started asking questions about navigation the FAA guy stopped
him and said don't ask those. It shortend the check out considerably.- Hide quoted text -

Everyone know that helicopters are too slow to go anywhere that would
require navigation (I assume the PTS table didn't require navigation
be covered when adding roto to your ASEL ticket)

-robert