Originally Posted by
btwissel
CFI's endorsment, CFI's choice.
they're signing away their CFI every time they sign you off for a checkride
that said, if your CFI refuses to send you to the DPE you like, walk across the ramp to your old FBO, and get someone to fly with you for 3hrs, and sign you off.
An 8710 is not specific to a certain DPE...once the cfi signs it and hands it to you you can take it wherever you want to get your checkride...his DPE, your DPE, the FSDO, a DPE in another state...
It is however a very good idea for your cfi to know who you will be doing your ride with, so he can address any peculiarities of that examiner. This is the real world folks, not some fantasy land where all examiners test to the same standards with no personal flavoring...
