Cost of checkrides

[navigator72]

back in the early 90's
Private - $175
Instrument - $250
Commercial - $250

 

[minitour]

I just paid a guy $400 to do my oral and give me a letter of discontinuance for my MEI....what a bargain!

-mini

 

[UndauntedFlyer]

I just paid a guy $400 to do my oral and give me a letter of discontinuance for my MEI....what a bargain!-mini

Is this a problem? The $400 is for the test from beginning to end. There shouldn't be a charge for the remainder of the test. I'm sure the examiner would rather do the test straight through but for some reason that was not possible. Was it WX or what?

 

[minitour]

Is this a problem? The $400 is for the test from beginning to end. There shouldn't be a charge for the remainder of the test. I'm sure the examiner would rather do the test straight through but for some reason that was not possible. Was it WX or what?

Not real sure...1900 overcast. He said we couldn't take the plane IMC (climb to VFR on top) for the checkride. That's the first I had heard of that.[FONT=Verdana,Arial][/FONT]

Then miraculously he was booked for 2 weeks solid...when I called him the next day, he all of a sudden has a spot open for me Sunday...problem is my flight leaves (with me on it) in about 2 hours.

It's a mess....

-mini

 

[UndauntedFlyer]

Not real sure...1900 overcast. He said we couldn't take the plane IMC (climb to VFR on top) for the checkride. That's the first I had heard of that.

Then miraculously he was booked for 2 weeks solid...when I called him the next day, he all of a sudden has a spot open for me Sunday...problem is my flight leaves (with me on it) in about 2 hours.

It's a mess....-mini

1900 Overcast is too low for the MEI. While he could have filed IFR with you to on-top that can be a problem too. As you know sometimes the tops are ragged and really the top tops are too high (FL-whatever). Plus even if the tops are just 4,000 it would be up to 6,000 or higher for VMC demo so really a discontinuance was a reasonable answer.

But regarding the rescheduling, that should be a 1st priority to the point of postponing others if they are agreeable in order to get you in. Examiners schedules do change quickly so I would guess that if you tell him your availability, something will be found for you ASAP.

Good luck on your ride.