Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
Let me the question a little differently. Did the DPE ask what speed you intended to fly for the intercept? If he and you gave a speed, did you fly that speed +/- 10 knots?
GF
That would be highly irregular for the DPE to "give you a speed for the intercept". It should be understood that the speed will vary as you are on different segments on the approach. The only situation I could see that making sense is if the DPE saw the applicant was unable to maintain speed in general, so they "gave" them a speed to see if they could do so, but at the same time it should be understood that different segments will be flown at different speeds.
I sure hope you aren't supposed to "only fly below Va" on an approach, because I've flown into many a class B in a light GA airplane and kept the speed up to keep the traffic flowing...