check-ride

Since I was a little boy I have wanted to fly. Either I didn't have the money or the time. At age 55 I finally had both the money and the time. The only thing left is a checkride. As the title says I have been waiting 5 months for a checkride. Finally yesterday I told my CFI and the school that...

I'm on my 3rd cancelled check ride due to weather since Jan. The only DPE in the area books 8 weeks out and already has 7 people on standby so I'm looking at June for my next try so I'm getting desperate to get this done. I've read that the FAA folks tend to be 'by the numbers, exactly by the...