How to prepare and pass your checkride - tips from a pilot examiner

[@davidwaddleton]

Skip to 16:00 to where the "beginning" is

[@DOLRED]

If really pinched for time on these videos, start at about 55 minutes here and go through 1:17:00.

[@davidwaddleton]

DOLRED and if you are completely out of time you can buy the cliff notes from me for $99.99!

[@boardinsnowman]

real mvp

[@davidoneill4859]

15 and 1/2 minutes of pre-babble

[@downwinddemon]

Love hearing from examiners! Really helps me to relax and understand that this is one the most exciting tests I will ever take! Thanks guys!

[@revo.d]

Flight Portion starts at 42:47

[@goflyaplane4041]

Great job and very informative. As a CFI I will be having my students watch this video prior to their check rides.

[@angleofattack]

Awesome work, guys. I really enjoyed this Webinar and plan on sharing it with my students.

[@ravenwing2353]

Used the sportys online ground school mentioned in the beginning, great program and passed the written. Now here to learn some info for checkride!

[@110knotscfii]

Regarding lost. Hold the chart track up. This helps allot!

[@thegeek3348]

You can skip to 34:30. That was a lot of words to fill up 35 minutes of my time.

[@SangahNoona]

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!! My commercial checkride is next week. This helps me a looooooooooooot!

[@galileo66]

Sangah Noona Hey. What went on?

[@SangahNoona]

I made it!

[@hiller_aviation]

Sangah Noona I’m doing mine next week 😬😬

[@jeffjorczak]

I will add for the cross country use POH performance charts to calculate climb, cruise, and descent speeds.

[@747-pilot]

Possibly the most USEFUL checkride prep video I've seen on KZbin! Outstanding job!!!! Thanks.

[@michaelhusken8572]

Well worth the time to watch the video.

[@anzeparadiz8066]

thanks that was very informative… I have a practical test for a glider license soon… I know it’s less complicated than other licences but I’m a little nervous anyway… wish me luck

[@thetruckingsurfer8774]

Always quote 91.205. And 14 cfr part 43 and 61

[@steveburrington4288]

13:00 min in and he’s literally said nothing

[@sadam8739]

gosh you are so right - i almost got a headache - it was annoying advertising

[@randyvanvliet226]

Fast forward to 15:00, save a couple more minutes.

[@dwaipayandattaroy9801]

Great information for beginning to know that needs knowing

[@Sky_Burger88]

Using a tablet device for charts is acceptable on the oral test and the check ride? Is this true for all examiners? This is the first time I've heard this. The other students in my group all have the understanding the paper charts are mandatory.

[@HiddenWindshield]

I have been told by my instructor that paper charts are required during the oral test, just to demonstrate that you know how to use them. Examiners know good and well that everyone uses tablets in the air, though, so tablets (or whatever you're actually going to be using to fly in real life) are fine for the check ride.

[@randyvanvliet226]

My question is if you can flight plan, mostly I have access to a computer and the internet for flight planning. You need access to a computer just to get NOAA weather forecasts and winds aloft at 3000, 6000 and 9000 ft on your XC flight planning, so if you have that access, why can't you use something like Sky Vector for your flight planning? How long ago did we start using Texas Instruments or HP hand held calculators instead of pencil and paper for math? Especially since my Vans RV-12 has a full glass Dynon Skyview Touch EFIS? I dont think I am ever going to fly another model of plane at 62 years of age.

[@JCross-y4z]

If you are going to use electronic charts they must come from an approved resource by the FAA,I used Foreflight when I did my check ride but you must use paper too in case your tablet or your electronic flight device runs out of battery you must always use a paper copy as a backup in case something happens, I heard about a student that lost a check ride due to the tablet he used in his check ride got damaged by the sun heat in flight and he had to come back to the airport because of a lack of approach charts and of course the examiner was mad at him for not having a backup.

[@AndrewFlyGuy]

Surprised to hear "Digital Is OK"... I've been under the impression that iPads are forbidden on checkride and exams.

[@DeluxeBurger01]

Andrew Williams, the FAA allows use of any digital resources as long as they are equivalent to the hard copy material you would be using.

[@747-pilot]

Despite my protests, my flight instructor insists that our examiner won't allow anything but old fashioned paper charts on my PPL checkride. He says when I go for the instrument rating, digital is fine.

[@SangahNoona]

My FAA examiner is cool to use digital charts. I don't know for Private though... I did it with him for my Instrument, and I'm facing my Commercial checkride next week with him. I heard that he encourages to use Foreflight for calculating W&B. I think it's reasonable and trendy. Of course, it must be current.

[@mytech6779]

Might be old information. Digital is ok if you can explain where the numbers come from and manually estimate the answer to make sure that the computer output seems rational (to catch eg. typos on the input) and as a backup if the EFB battery dies.

[@gthree0239]

Alternator failure, the first thing I think of is, “oh crap what if I choose to land at towered airport and he asks me about light gun signals.” I’m sweating just thinking of this.

[@flutetubamorg]

Light signals are on my kneeboard :)

[@Falcon2.39-1]

as long as you have the light gun signals on a kneeboard or even on a piece of paper where you can access it quickly, there would be no reason for a DPE to bust you over that

[@gthree0239]

@@Falcon2.39-1 probably true. But they could stump you on it thus increasing your anxiety and causing you to foul up something they could easily justify busting you for.

[@kvasnaik8920]

Thank you very informative

[@ACloserLookAtLife]

Skip the first 15 minutes. You’re welcome.

[@ACloserLookAtLife]

The next 15 minutes: don’t book it early if you aren’t a morning person. Make sure the plane is ready to fly. There you go. Skip to 30 mins

[@aramelmi1020]

Thank you for sharing this!!!

[@AnangryLibertarian]

14:45 you’re welcome

[@seth10261]

Fast foward 15:00

[@kimberlywentworth9160]

Getting lost. Ha Ha. Still working on getting better using the VOR. That's the hardest thing for me.

[@tommymcnick7490]

Can I choose my examiner? I've heard the guy who does the tests at my airport and surrounding airports is beyond hard. 9+ hour day and has less than a 50% pass rate on first try. I would love to avoid it if possible. All electronics are forbidden with this guy as he's extremely old school. Just curious if I have a say in the matter or not. Thanks

[@mytech6779]

Yes you do have some say, but know that there is a shortage of examiners right now so you may need to travel. Around here students frequently go 100+ miles for an exam just to find a DPE with a schedule opening.

[@karlsandin4515]

9 hours ? Is this for the CFI ticket ? If that , that’s still a bit dramatic .

[@davidnunya7383]

Sheesh. 15:40 of nothing but sales propaganda.

[@curtisbrooks6342]

Wish I had read this first! I listened to and the whole thing. Good but a waste on the first 16 minutes

[@crazyc99]

Fast forward to 18min to bypass all the rambling

[@davidoneill4859]

15 1/2 minutes of pre-babble, so fast forward

[@gman2152]

My goodness, no one needs to go through 2 semesters of college in a few hours.

[@jameslongway7051]

Get to the point.

[@travelerguide1251]

too much bull shit for a license just do a checkride thats all