Originally Posted by
fadec
Some people are scum, but the apps are partially to blame.
"Have you ever failed a checkride?" Okay, if a 141 stagecheck is a checkride then...
"Have you ever been a check airmen?" Is a 141 stagecheck instructor a check airmen? Is there a difference between a check airman and a check airmen or is one just plural? Lawyers?
I'd say certain stagechecks count as checkrides and not others. Yet a stagecheck instructor is not a check airmen because check airmen and check instructor are defined in 121 and 141 respectively. A check instructor is an airman though, so maybe he is a check airmen. Really, I don't know. That's just my **** legal opinion. Is someone with a different legal opinion a liar? I knew a regional FO who was hired at Delta after scoring himself as a check airmen on airlineapps.com because he gave stagechecks at 141 school. But a clerk did read over it and ask him about it during the interview so he's in. He got the seniority number years before his buds because of, IMHO, his ignorance, Delta's error, and the way airlines score apps almost entirely on structured data with very limited human oversight.
A stage check is a stage check.
A practical test is a practical test.
A checkride is anything you want to call a checkride, such as certificate or rating, 135 currency, etc. Traditionally, for the application process, this has been usually limited to checks for certificates or ratings. In the 141 world, a "stage check" is just another unit on the syllabus and you only get your certificate because you pass the course, not a "checkride", but that's between you and the employer of course on how you want to describe your past.
A 141 Check Instructor is not a Check Airman. You may have duties that meet or exceed those of a Check Airman, but it's not a Check Airman.