Hey Nick, did you ever get your CFI done? Would love to have some more feedback on what you thought the DPE said about your regulation knowledge, if any.
On my instrument checkride my DPE postponed the flight portion for later in the day because of the heat wave coming through town. My issue was that I was not night current and technically could not act as PIC with a passenger for the portion of the flight that consisted of night time. My DPE agreed to act as PIC for the portion of the flight that was at night
Todd, these are fantastic. Haven’t had an instructor that wants to dig into these, so having someone make them a little easier to process is so valuable.Just solid info all around and from a solid source. Working my way through these to gloss up on everything for my ride in a week and a half. Thanks for these. I’ll report back and let ya know if there’s anything that gets attention that hasn’t been mentioned too much in these vids, but it sure seems like you’re hitting all the major points. Give me a shout if you’re ever out here on the east coast near KFFA, we’ll go flyin. I’ll try to send you an email to follow up in the next few weeks. All the best.
I have a question. I was signed off for a cfi checkride a few months back. The time has expired so I must redo the practical test. Does my cfi sign off have en expiration date? I can’t find anything in the regs.
Yes, the endorsement has a 60-day expiration which also matches the timeline for your IACRA application as well. Both expire after 60 days. You will not find this in 14 CFR part 61, it is in the FAAs 8900.1 (FSIMS). Volume 5, Chapter 2, and then select any of the checkrides from the list. Here is the one that points to CFI. Just Ctrl-F the phrase "60 days". fsims.faa.gov/PICDetail.aspx?docId=8900.1,Vol.5,Ch2,Sec11
For 61.31(d)(2) - I had to get this endorsement before going into my Commercial Multi checkride. "Limitation: Only for the Comm ME Practical test". Im guessing it was just so i could log pic for the duration of the checkride maybe
15:32 "the rating LIMITATIONS do not apply to:" meaning that normally you are limited to solo opperations with a solo endorsment and the exception is to carry the examiner with you. nobody ment that you dont need the endorsment.
Not sure what you mean by your comment - can you please clarify? I have had numerous applicants showing up for practical tests that did not have the proper endorsement and the CFI was under the impression that they did not need it because it was a practical test. Let me know if I am on the right path for the reply.
An applicant receives an endorsement for solo privileges for an additional class or category which he is working toward. This comes with Limitations - carrying passengers on board is prohibited. But for the purpose of the checkride, the examiner doesn't "count as a passenger" and the applicant is exempt from the passenger carrying limitation provided that it's a DPE for the purpose of a practical test. This is how I understand it.
@@tomerobligenarz4115 I am in agreeance with what you are saying. However, the fact is that in order to act as PIC for that checkride, if the airplane is complex, they would need the complex endorsement. To that, there are no exceptions.
