Originally Posted by
Clearedtocross
The “cogs” you are taking are not like the FAA’s used for head injuries, stroke, HIMS recovery, and other neurological issues. These require an entire day of various testing which take the pilot to failure in each event - that’s how they know your limit in each category. These are administered, and yes scored, by an FAA designated Psychiatrist/Psychologist. No joke.
Yup. No joke is right. Had a sim partner who had to take them for reasons. Academy grad with an engineering degree. Bright guy and a good dude. He described them as daunting, thorough and difficult. Scary, due to what was on the line.