IFR checkride in IMC: PASSED!

Congrads, Gatt PDX can be a real pain in the rear. I listen to them all the
time on the scanner its like they hate GA aircraft.



"gatt" wrote in message
...

When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying
for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC
I'm
probably not qualified for the IFR rating."

First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said
"No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST
instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over
Battleground...at
6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and
altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather.

Later, holding in IMC, was told it was 2003Z and to expect my next
clearance
at 2030Z.
Wonderful. So I held in IMC for about 20 minutes while the examiner
tracked
my course on his handheld GPS.

I'm not sure how I passed. He spent the first half hour of the oral
telling
me about how failure works, and not to be embarrassed by it, etc. I'm
not
in fact sure how I made it through the checkride without just saying "This
sucks. I'm going home." I made more mistakes and flew sloppier than any
training flight I've done in the last month. So I had already started
guessing which parts I passed and which I busted, and TWO HOURS after we
landed--he having asked questions like "So, how do YOU think you did?"--he
pulled out a booklet (me: 'here comes the dreaded pink slip'), asked for
my
logbook and then wrote my temporary endorsement. I couldn't believe my
eyes.

Wasn't a gold-medal performance, but he said I stayed cool in the IMC and
that must have been my saving grace. Went home and discovered my wife had
poured a shot of whiskey for me. Mission accomplished!

-gatt
Portland, OR

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:00:44 GMT, john smith wrote in
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Never let ATC put you somewhere you don't want to be.
Sometimes you have to assert yourself, but know the rules and protect
yourself at all times.

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:00:44 GMT, john smith wrote in
::

Never let ATC put you somewhere you don't want to be.
Sometimes you have to assert yourself, but know the rules and protect
yourself at all times.

My understanding is, if you do something and he doesn't tell you you
busted it, then you passed it. You have to be told when you bust
something, then the option is yours if you want to continue to check
other things off or not.

gatt wrote:
So I had already started
guessing which parts I passed and which I busted

-gatt
Portland, OR

My understanding is, if you do something and he doesn't tell you you
busted it, then you passed it. You have to be told when you bust
something, then the option is yours if you want to continue to check
other things off or not.

gatt wrote:
So I had already started
guessing which parts I passed and which I busted

-gatt
Portland, OR

gatt wrote:

When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying
for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm
probably not qualified for the IFR rating."

First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said
"No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST
instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over Battleground...at
6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and
altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather.

That's pretty cool. I've never heard of an examiner who would fly a
check ride in actual.


Matt

gatt wrote:

When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying
for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC I'm
probably not qualified for the IFR rating."

First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said
"No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST
instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over Battleground...at
6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and
altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather.

That's pretty cool. I've never heard of an examiner who would fly a
check ride in actual.


Matt

When I did the VOR hold during my checkride, the west side of the VOR
was in the sun, the east side was in IMC.

BTIZ wrote:
not many examiners I know of would go up in real IFR for a checkride with
someone they did not know... good job..

When I did the VOR hold during my checkride, the west side of the VOR
was in the sun, the east side was in IMC.

BTIZ wrote:
not many examiners I know of would go up in real IFR for a checkride with
someone they did not know... good job..

Good for you.
"gatt" wrote in message
...

When the weather is bad and the examiner gives you the option of delaying
for better weather, don't say "Well, if I can't pass my checkride in IMC
I'm
probably not qualified for the IFR rating."

First attempt at the checkride. Icing forecast at 6,000. Examiner said
"No problem. We probably won't go much above four." The FIRST
instruction I got from Portland Approach was to hold over
Battleground...at
6,000. Lots of flying around in turbulence trying to maintain heading and
altitude, listening to PDX warn people about the weather.

Later, holding in IMC, was told it was 2003Z and to expect my next
clearance
at 2030Z.
Wonderful. So I held in IMC for about 20 minutes while the examiner
tracked
my course on his handheld GPS.

I'm not sure how I passed. He spent the first half hour of the oral
telling
me about how failure works, and not to be embarrassed by it, etc. I'm
not
in fact sure how I made it through the checkride without just saying "This
sucks. I'm going home." I made more mistakes and flew sloppier than any
training flight I've done in the last month. So I had already started
guessing which parts I passed and which I busted, and TWO HOURS after we
landed--he having asked questions like "So, how do YOU think you did?"--he
pulled out a booklet (me: 'here comes the dreaded pink slip'), asked for
my
logbook and then wrote my temporary endorsement. I couldn't believe my
eyes.

Wasn't a gold-medal performance, but he said I stayed cool in the IMC and
that must have been my saving grace. Went home and discovered my wife had
poured a shot of whiskey for me. Mission accomplished!

-gatt
Portland, OR