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  1. HanSolo

    PPL Checkride Experience?

    No, he did not specify any fee for retake. I had a DPE who did my mock checkride call me and assure me that this was a freak incident and asked me to complain to FSDO. I did not take it with him because of bad weather and he was really back logged. This time I will definitely wait. One of the...
  2. HanSolo

    PPL Checkride Experience?

    I did not. I knew that odd North East etc... Just did not know it was in the FAR. I thought it would be in the AIM. Did not argue about it though, matter of fact I only mentioned it here. When he asked me "why so high?" My answer was as stated above. He said 5500 would have been more than...
  3. HanSolo

    PPL Checkride Experience?

    Yes, my CFI was there and was visibly upset too. He did not understand what he was saying when he failed me either. Will keep you guys updated. Thanks for the support.
  4. HanSolo

    PPL Checkride Experience?

    You are right. I did not know it was a in the FAR. However, I still chose the right altitude which was odd plus 500. He was bent out of shape that I chose 7500' and did not like my explanation of " I like to have options and the higher I am the more options and time I have to go through...
  5. HanSolo

    PPL Checkride Experience?

    I recently had the worst ASE PPL checkride experience. Because of weather, I had 2 months of a waiting period. On my checkride day, it got cancelled due to fog. Another 2 months to wait due to back log, or get another examiner. So me and my instructor decided to get a different DPE. 3 weeks...
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