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Old 05-04-2014, 09:26 PM
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JamesNoBrakes
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Probably most importantly, be familiar with and understand the PTS, so you can understand what you need to know, the references for what you need to know, the specific subject areas and items that will be asked. You can buy "oral exam guides" all day long and still not really understand where all the questions are coming from, as well as how to spot an invalid question or something outside of what's necessary. Everyone is human and makes mistakes, even the examiners sometimes, so you have to be able to stick up for yourself if it's ever necessary. Look at the references in the PTS for all the tasks and make sure you've read them and maybe even have some of them on-hand. As you take more checkrides you get better at taking checkrides, but being familiar with and understanding the PTS is probably one of the biggest keys that can take the "mystery" out of what should be known and understood for a checkride. Good luck!
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