Seems awfully long to me.... When I first read the initial part of your
post, I was sure you were referring to CFI candidates.... Six hours is WAY
too long, IMHO.

My private checkride was about two hours and some change.

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Cecil
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Student - CP-ASEL

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- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -

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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com...
The last couple students I've sent for checkrides have taken about 6
hours. This is with two different examiners. Both did excellent on the
oral. Is this something the FSDOs are telling the examiners. Are
private checkrides just getting longer? I took my private in the mid
90's and my oral was only about 15 minutes.

-Robert, CFI