Originally Posted by
PerfInit
Check out the Comm PTS (now ACS) and also see 14 CFR Part 119. What he is hinting at is a discussion about “holding out” to the public and offering an airplane and pilot for hire to take peeps from A to B.
That's not in the ACS or referenced.
Here is the excerpt from the ACS for privileges/limitations:
References 14 CFR parts 61, 68, 91; FAA-H-8083-2, FAA-H-8083-25
All I would expect an applicant to know is the distance/night limitation if they don't have an instrument rating, medical certificate required (2nd) and the different maintenance requirement (100hr inspection) if the aircraft is for-hire. Basically, only the stuff that is found in the references for the ACS. Anything else is not testable and the DPE should not be playing games. If something more like "holding out" is asked, this needs to be documented and brought to the attention of the local DPE manager. The offices are getting better about doing post-checkride interviews with applicants to see if the DPE followed the ACS or did something outside of it. If asked a question that is not within the ACS, the applicant should ask to stop the checkride. Do not answer the question, ask them to show you where it is included in the references/material. Get a witness. That is the best course of action, this means knowing the ACS as the instructor and as the student, but then, that's what it's all about, right?