Instrument Checkride on May 17th

"Wizard of Draws" wrote in message
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On 5/5/04 10:11 PM, in article z9hmc.12056$k24.7196@fed1read01, "BTIZ"
wrote:

well... lets see... you must take your oral's differently than we do,
FAR/AIM, POH, Aircraft Logs, Weather charts, and weather reference
material.

More than one DE has always asked the stumper question... just to see if
you
know how to look something up.

BT


Probably a good deal of it is that my flight school has a very good idea
of
what the DE wants to see and what info he's likely to ask. 90% of my
private
oral seemed to come from the ASA prep book and the rest were questions
that
my instructor and I had prepped for.

So your flight school just schedules with someone they know will pass just
about anyone they send his/her way. That is nice to know. I'll make sure
to stay away from your airspace.


I fail to see the reasoning behind demonstrating my FAR/AIM research
skills,
as it pertains to my ability to fly safely. I see that it is recommended
to
bring the book to the ride, but since I've had no need to crack open the
thing in my last 4 years of flying, I don't see the point. I think a DE
should test the real world, not abstract FAA mumbo jumbo.

Um, that is a scary attitude. So how do you learn? You just let other
people tell you the regulations? You never look them up yourself? This is
quite enlightening.

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