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That said most of us should be able to get the right prep and identify the right examiner, although some FSDO's may not always defer to a DPE, so you might get a fed.
I don’t care much about checkrides anymore. Fail one and my pulse wouldn’t even go up. WTF does it matter at this point?Originally Posted by rickair7777
121 checkrides are relatively consistent and the examiner is an airline guy. 91 checkrides are not, it can be a stressful PITA to prepare for, and the examiner is probably not an airline guy, and might even resent them. If you're not for-sure at your career-destination airline you don't need a recent pink slip, of any sort.That said most of us should be able to get the right prep and identify the right examiner, although some FSDO's may not always defer to a DPE, so you might get a fed.
That being said, your point about variability of examiners is very good.
I flew night cargo many years ago with an absolutely incredible pilot. This guy would have given Hoover himself a run for his money in terms of skill.
And some pompous little **** of a FSDO guy actually failed this man on a 135 checkout he was doing for a medivac charity operation.
God. I still remember how much that ****ed me off. I’m sure that fat little inspector retired years ago, but if there’s one person I’ll ever throat punch on sight-it’s him.
