Originally Posted by
md11phlyer
Would you not call a Systems Validation an oral? It may not be the day of the check ride but it is still an oral. Just like a Maneuvers Validation is like the old 'check ride' and the LOE is the old Qual Loft.
I just don't want the people unfamiliar with AQP to think that it gets rid of orals and check rides.
No. Semantically it's not because there is nothing "oral" about it. There is no examiner asking you questions, and you answering. It's just a series of questions on a computer. And yes, it is part of the AQP training.