DE Rides

[chperplt]

Ever since Riddle DAB lost its self examining authority, a few DEs have become resident examiners and do upwards or 3 or 4 a day. If the DE mentioned above is the same examiner I think he is, he quit is job as a captain for Eagle to do checkrides full time. At $250 a pop, that's quite a good chunk of change he's pulling in.

 

[jaybird]

chper, you are correct, he did have a job at eagle and he said he left because he didn't like it. Riddle didn't lose self-examing authority though. The FAA required it only for the commercial rating.
I know KL does check rides 7 days a week weather permitting. I also hear the process to become a DE is very political.

 

[chperplt]

I meant for the commercial course... I instructed there in 2000/2001...

Unless things have changed, he wasn't the biggest abuser though.. BR was much worse.

 

[jaybird]

Yeah, BR was bad. Luckily, well I guess it depends on how you look at it, he got called to active duty. The new ball buster is NE.

 

[chperplt]

RB got called up.. how funny. Between UAL, flying in the guard, and all the other crap he did, it always surprised me how he could get all those checkrides done... until I flew with him that is.

Here I am going for my instrument rating. He shows up about an hour late, hops in the airplane and before I could say hello, he says start this thing up and lets go. On the taxi out the oral began and didn't end until we were back on the ground. He tells me to hold over OMN, and not even established in the hold he has me do a couple steep turns. Back inbound now and it's unusual attitude time.. Did the entire checkride with oral in less time than it takes most people to get dressed in the morning.

 

[ShawnC]

I don't fly at Riddle, I'm at Riddle for CS I do all my flight training off campus. I am told that with KL its a good thing, he insulted Riddle the whole time while on the Comm ride with my friend.

 

[chperplt]

I assume you're an IP there. Which team are you on? I was on 6 with Leeper.

 

[jaybird]

4 with Tick.

 

[bobbysamd]

DPEs

This FAA website has a bunch of info on designated examiners:

http://afs600.faa.gov/AFS640.htm

Go to the link on finding DPEs and you can run a search by city and state or state alone for examiners.

 

[flyboy]

BR is a piece of cake as an examiner. I had a buddy that took his instrument with him and totally flubbed the ndb at SFB. My friend didn't even know where he was on the approach and was descending down to mda before he got to the FAF. A sure bust, huh? Negative, BR still passed him. They did the entire oral in the plane. In and out in all of 2 hours. I've heard of several guys at Air Orlando that had him and they all passed easily. How did this guy get a job as a DE? I guess being a 747 captain and a big shot in the military can put you in pretty good "political" shape. Please let me get this guy for my upcoming CFI ride!!!!