Commercial Pilot checkride Dec 2015<\/p>\n
DPE asked me to prepare a flight plan from GAI to ALB. The case scenario was a commercial flight with me as PIC and 3 passengers on a basic VFR day.<\/p>\n
Oral exam:<\/p>\n
The entire exam was as commercial decision making oriented. We started on commercial privileges and limitations. Next we reviewed my flight plan and talked about my decisions for the flight. We discussed emergencies that could happen along the way and my responsibility for the passengers.<\/p>\n
Few Examples:<\/p>\n
My plan was a straight line course which crossed over mountains before arrival into Albany. I planned to cross the area about 1500 ft above the mountains.<\/p>\n
CPL privileges:<\/p>\n
The examiner wanted me to find various answers in the FAR & AIM.<\/p>\n
Others issues we talked about:<\/p>\n
Medical factors, oxygen requirements, vision issues (night & day), Airplane systems, Maintenance records, recovering from spin or stall, landing and takeoff distances<\/p>\n
Last part was weather. The examiner asked me to brief the weather by the “Big Picture”, not just METAR and TAF. I printed out the surface maps and used various websites including PIREPs.<\/p>\n
The oral part was about 3 hours.<\/p>\n
The Practical Exam:<\/p>\n
I filed a SFRA flight plan.<\/p>\n
Before we got in the airplane the examiner asked me to brief him as a passenger about the flight, I talked about: Emergencies, Seat Belts, be quiet during T\/O and Landing, weather issues and passenger behavior.<\/p>\n
We started with a Soft Field T\/O then I started off on the planned cross country. I navigated by the sectional map till my 2nd<\/sup> point. I calculated my ground speed using timing. \u00a0After reaching the 2nd<\/sup> point the examiner simulated engine roughness and diverted me to the nearest airport (York on my case).<\/p>\n On the way to York we did:<\/p>\n Landing Conf. Slow Flight<\/p>\n T\/O Conf. Slow Flight<\/p>\n Climbing and turning during slow flight<\/p>\n Stalls during turns<\/p>\n Chandelles<\/p>\n Mid-flight Power-Off<\/p>\n Later, we headed to York. AT York I did a Short Field Landing, taxi back for a Short Field T\/O and stayed in the pattern for Power-Off Accuracy Landing.<\/p>\n We started back to GAI. On the way back we did 8s on pylons.<\/p>\n The Practical test was 2.2 flight hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Commercial Pilot checkride Dec 2015 DPE asked me to prepare a flight plan from GAI to ALB. The case scenario was a commercial flight with me as PIC and 3 passengers on a basic VFR day. Oral exam: The entire exam was as commercial decision making oriented. We started on commercial privileges and limitations. Next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p95FsX-k8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1260,"url":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/instrument-checkride-jan-2016-kthv\/","url_meta":{"origin":1248,"position":0},"title":"Instrument Checkride Jan 2016","date":"January 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"We started the oral exam by going over all the documents and\u00a0paper work required for the check ride. 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