Originally Posted by
sflpilot
Actually there are very few 141 schools where you do an in-house checkride. Most programs still require going to a pilot examiner. BTW, the in-house schools will be very over priced.
True that most have to farm out the checkrides to a DPE...however the checkride is STILL a 141 End-of-Course Stage Check, and as such cannot be "failed", only complete or incomplete. The DPE is SUPPOSED to complete 141 paperwork and do the 8710 differently than a 61 ride. Also no pink slip should be issued in the event of an incomplete.
All this info, and instructions on how to fill out the 8710, are in the examiner's handbook. Unfortunately many examiners don't know or bother with the proper procedures for a 141 "failure", and just process it like 61. This is not really fair to the student who jumped through the 141 hoops, and the school should not allow this to happen.