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#11

mnttech , 05-07-2008 01:54 PM

New Hire

I thought once you busted the oral, you could not go flying? Been way too long since a check ride, but for some reason that is going around in my head. I agree, 4 hours is way too long. Some of the other stories just make me shake my head.

#12

wmarti31 , 05-07-2008 02:34 PM

Gets Weekends Off

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiputadoVolador

This won't make you feel any better, but on my multi commercial the oral was 15 minutes. We talked about some VMC stuff and that was about it. Good luck on your flight.

Same here. 15 mins the oral part and 1.4 the flight portion.

#13

rickair7777 , 05-07-2008 02:40 PM

Prime Minister/Moderator

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flying is Cool

I got an 87 on the written. SDPBOILER: I think I heard this story, or at least its how it goes in ATP jax.. this guy ernie sits there and plays solitaire just like you said... And the second guy sounds like Rich, big shot. But i head a story of a guy thinking he failed and was gettin yelled at like crazy then come to find out he pased.. Im just gettin hosed because i went to ATP stuart and they didnt have an examiner for me and wanted me in CFI school ASAP, so they sent me to jax but my instructors didnt sign my logbook properly so two weeks plus later im finally just taking the damn commercial. Meanwhile my roomate that started on the same day just passed his MEI, said he should have failed miserably but still passed. Oh well just how the cookie crumbles.

If this was an ME add-on, it was ridiculous. Even for an initial commercial that's too long...only a CFI oral should go four hours.

The guy should not have been playing mind games in the oral either...I would personally not use him again. If you do some research I'm sure you can find a level-headed, consistent DE.

Time zones were created to account for the sun being at different elevations as you change longitude. Used to be that every town set their clock when the sun was high-noon, so the actual time in any location varied in random increments (100 miles away would be off by a few minutes). GMT (Zulu, Greenwich Mean Time) is the noon-based time in London, England and was selected as the universal "master" time. Greenwich (in London) is located on the prime (or zero) meridian. All other time zones are based on the that, but are offset by whole-hour increments to simplify conversion. But there's no reason you should have to know this on a commercial checkride.

#14

BoredwLife , 05-07-2008 02:52 PM

First Rule of Fight Club

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiputadoVolador

This won't make you feel any better, but on my multi commercial the oral was 15 minutes. We talked about some VMC stuff and that was about it. Good luck on your flight.

You must have gone to UND!

#15

III Corps , 05-07-2008 04:59 PM

No one's home

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Time zones were created to account for the sun being at different elevations as you change longitude.

More than that. With each town setting its own clocks, no one could figure out when the trains arrived and left. First country to standardize the clocks was Britian.

http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/d.html

#16

BoredwLife , 05-07-2008 07:07 PM

First Rule of Fight Club

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Originally Posted by III Corps

More than that. With each town setting its own clocks, no one could figure out when the trains arrived and left. First country to standardize the clocks was Britian.

You must have gone to UND also!!!! j/k

I swear that is the last time I say it. HAHA I didnt mean to go on my own personal crusade.

#17

jamin35008 , 05-09-2008 08:06 AM

Gets Weekends Off

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiputadoVolador

This won't make you feel any better, but on my multi commercial the oral was 15 minutes. We talked about some VMC stuff and that was about it. Good luck on your flight.

I just took my multi add on yesterday and I was the same way. 15min oral and 1.2 flight. He asked me some systems, service ceilings, gear extention procedures, and a few others. The flight was engine failure on take off, steep turns, Vmc demo, engine shutdown, turns with one engine, and a ILS with a simulated engine out. Sorry about the 4 hr oral.

#18

III Corps , 05-09-2008 09:24 AM

No one's home

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoredwLife

You must have gone to UND also!!!! j/k

I swear that is the last time I say it. HAHA I didnt mean to go on my own personal crusade.

Nope.. scholar from the Univ of Georgia.

#19

mattisawesome , 05-09-2008 10:26 AM

Gets Weekends Off

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickair7777

what a geek...you need a butt kickin

#20

Flying is Cool , 05-09-2008 02:56 PM

Line Holder

So I passed the flying part with the same guy, it was a real good flight considering i had not been able to fly 3 weeks prior. He was real fair and was probally my best checkride yet. Still got a clean slate, whew.