Originally Posted by
logan3db
Pretty self explanatory. The DPE can not administer the test. Only a FAA inspector can.
I did find it interesting that the document changed from an Administrator to an Inspector from one paragraph to the next. Typical FAA I suppose. I'm not privy to the finer details of a 709 ride and it's proceedings. Nor do I ever hope to be.
I know while I was there, a CA was downgraded and after awhile put up for a 709 ride. I don't know who issued it. It was always my assumption that the head of training or one of his close henchmen was responsible.
I would imagine this to be an empty threat by the training dept. I do know that those guys don't mess around and they have no issues failing and firing new hires. So in those regards be careful.
Well crap. After all that work I noticed that the initial paragraph it only says "to reexamine" no request or anything like that. So yeah I would imagine only true FAA can initiate the 709 process. The kicker being 5-1419 reliable reports.
Oh the things you learn commuting at the crack of oh dark thirty!
That's what I was saying. Now I do know that some 709s originate with a DPE who becomes aware of an issue and then communicates that to the FAA, and in most cases it's probably appropriate.
But to use it as terror tool against helpless new-hires just to satisfy the deep personal insecurities of some under-endowed lifer loser in a regional training dept...that's just wrong.