DPEs stood down until mid-April?
03-28-2020, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by simuflite
I am hearing the FAA has told all DPEs to stand down until mid-April.
Is this what your'e hearing too?
Is this what your'e hearing too?
03-28-2020, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by TommyDevito
Not true at all. DPE's are private citizens not employed by the FAA. Their authorizations are still in force.
But that does not appear to have been done nationwide, there would certainly be official communication about it and there is none:
https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=94991
I suppose local FSDOs in areas under lockdown may have advised their local DPEs not to conduct checkrides, that would make sense.
Air carrier DPEs are definitely still operating, everything 119/121 is exempt.
03-28-2020, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
The FAA could easily suspend their authorizations if needed.
But that does not appear to have been done nationwide, there would certainly be official communication about it and there is none:
https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=94991
I suppose local FSDOs in areas under lockdown may have advised their local DPEs not to conduct checkrides, that would make sense.
Air carrier DPEs are definitely still operating, everything 119/121 is exempt.
But that does not appear to have been done nationwide, there would certainly be official communication about it and there is none:
https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=94991
I suppose local FSDOs in areas under lockdown may have advised their local DPEs not to conduct checkrides, that would make sense.
Air carrier DPEs are definitely still operating, everything 119/121 is exempt.
Again, DPE's are private citizens who conduct check rides on behalf of the administrator. As long as their authorization is in force, they can conduct rides. And DPE's are governed by the -600 branch, not the local FSDO's. So the local FSDO would have no reason to stop them without concurrence from -600.
In fact there have been discussions of extending their authorizations while the Covid19 pandemic is in effect.
03-28-2020, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by wmarti31
I believe it’s true. Have a student scheduled for a private pilot checkride next week. DPE said the FAA ordered them to stand down until at least mid-April.
https://generalaviationnews.com/2020...ency-and-more/
03-28-2020, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by TommyDevito
Air carriers don't have DPE's, they have APD's.
Originally Posted by TommyDevito
Again, DPE's are private citizens who conduct check rides on behalf of the administrator. As long as their authorization is in force, they can conduct rides. And DPE's are governed by the -600 branch, not the local FSDO's. So the local FSDO would have no reason to stop them without concurrence from -600.
In fact there have been discussions of extending their authorizations while the Covid19 pandemic is in effect.
In fact there have been discussions of extending their authorizations while the Covid19 pandemic is in effect.
There is informal coordination with local FSDO's, or at least there was in my town when I ran a flight school. Nobody ever became a DPE if the FSDO was opposed.
03-28-2020, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Yes, I know. Just trying to have a discussion without confusing anyone.
I said the fed has not suspended anything. I also said the local FSDO could *advise* DPE's not to do checkrides.
There is informal coordination with local FSDO's, or at least there was in my town when I ran a flight school.
I said the fed has not suspended anything. I also said the local FSDO could *advise* DPE's not to do checkrides.
There is informal coordination with local FSDO's, or at least there was in my town when I ran a flight school.
Originally Posted by rickair7777
Nobody ever became a DPE if the FSDO was opposed.
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