Originally Posted by rickair7777

Positive. I worked at two 141 schools and was a 141 asst. chief w/ examining authority myself.

The examing authority privilege is pretty hard to get and many school don't have it. In fact there has been a trend in the last few years for the FAA to remove examing authority at the slightest excuse (my old employer lost theirs...or "voluntarily surrendered" it ) I think the feds may be trying to regain control over that after some percieved abuses. Also while PVT, IR, and COMM examing authority was not unusual, I don't know of any school that had authority for CFI rides (although it's thoeretically possible per the regs).