Checkride Cost???

[fasteddy69]

Yea, my nerves got the best of me...Most of my rides before this were about $250, never failed before so I don't know what a reride would have cost??

 

[JAFI]

fasteddy,

Not retracting the flaps prior to takeoff could kill you. I'd say you paid for a very valueable lesson.

Now do you feel better?

JAFI

 

[Vik]

I guess it also depends where the DE is .. The $300 I quoted is here in SoCal. The initial CFI guy charges $500 + $250 for re-examination. Its all relative.

 

[GAcfi]

Checkride

Instrument and Commercial were $300 a piece. I believe I've seen $250-$325 posted on several websites for a checkride except for the CFI which was $500. I believe DE's get more for the CFI because they know you don't want to go through FSDO, who wants to do that?

 

[Whirlwind]

Instrument and Commercial were $300 a piece. I believe I've seen $250-$325 posted on several websites for a checkride except for the CFI which was $500. I believe DE's get more for the CFI because they know you don't want to go through FSDO, who wants to do that?

Actually, I quite enjoyed my inital CFI ride with the FSDO... After it was over of course.

That being said, it was a great learning experience, he taught me more than any other examiner had up to that point.

 

[fasteddy69]

Yes I know the lesson I learned...I have been an avid checklist user since....I do the flow and then check it with the checklist...on my checkride I did the flow and breezed over the checklist...stupid....

 

[SiuDude]

My CFI ride last year was $250 in IL (6 hours). My CFII ride this year was $300 in NC (2 hours).

 

[Dr Pokenhiemer]

I went to a DE for my CFI as a matter of convenience, not to stay away from FISDO. The FBO where I did my CFI training only had a C172. The FBO at the next airport away (where the DE was) had a C172 and a Mooney. I only had done 1 hour in the Mooney in order to demonstrate landings to the DE. If i had gone to FISDO, I would have had to spend more time in the Mooney in order to rent it and fly to FISDO, or pay someone else to fly the Mooney and me in the 172--rent 2 planes and fly to FISDO to do the same thing. AND, I could only get off work to do this on a Saturday.

 

[JAFI]

One correction, FSDO stands for Flight Standards District Office. Flight Standards (a division of the FAA) has an office for each district. There are many districts in each region. There are nine regions in the US that are:

New England, Eastern, Southern, Great Lakes, Central, South West, North West Mountain, Western Pacific (Includes Hawaii) and Alaska.
http://www.faa.gov/avr/afs/fsdo/index.cfm

Just in case Alex has a question "Flight Standards for $800"

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Also - All Certificate exams conducted by an Inspector are free. Your aircraft will be given a very good preflight inspection by one or more Inspectors. My experience is the Airworthness Inspectors (mechanics) have forgotton more about an aircraft than I'll ever know. You may learn something about the aircraft if you follow them during a preflight. Don't be afraid to ask questions. Everyone knows your nervious, it is part of the process.

JAFI

 

[bobbysamd]

Checkride co$t

I just took my Initial CFI checkride and was charged $500 for it, I made it through the oral, but failed the practical due to a checklist oversight, I did a reride of the practical portion two days later and was charged another $300 plus $220 for the aircraft, is this a lot for a checkride??? I thought this was a lot of money just for a checkride. Basically I paid the man $100 per hour..WOW...let me know what you think

Boy, that's expensive!! I might have paid but $200 for my CFI ride in 1987. Really, considering how much everything has gone up in price since the mid '80s, especially flying, your examiner probably charged market for your practical.

Some of these examiners better watch their backsides if all they do for work is give practicals for exhorbitant fees. As I'm sure JAFI would verify, DEs can only derive a portion of their income from practicals

In any event, congratulations on getting your CFI. Good luck with your students.