Originally Posted by
Never2Late
The PTS requires a "preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in flight" (teaching lesson) so you have to teach a maneuver. Since I did my CFII first, this is not a requirement for the "CFI Add-on". However, the PTS states Task II one of the options is "Navigation and Flight Planning", reading that requirement, I didnt do that, I should have pulled out the PTS and MADE SURE I covered everything in there. It is not the DPE's job to pull it out of you. I'll take the loss and move on, it would be easier to "blame" the DPE, but then what do I learn?
Correct, I wasn't remembering it quite correctly.
The good thing is that as you do this, you learn the PTS/ACS much better and become an expert on this. This benefits you greatly down the road with checkrides for yourself and students. Then it's becomes much less of a "mystery" and you know when someone is trying to get you to do something outside the standards.