Passed the Commercial ASEL checkride today at KFRG!
Steep turns were ok (he told me not to roll out until on the heading. I kind of started a slow roll out and stopped and started the band again).
Yea i kind messed that one up but altitude and airspeed were fine he said. He says just make sure I do it right for the CFI ride!That's the way they should be flown. If you can fly a coordinated turn, you should be able to roll out on the heading which the roll was initiated. I always thought the 30* lead was cheating and didn't satisfy the maneuver.
Congrats.
Yea i kind messed that one up but altitude and airspeed were fine he said. He says just make sure I do it right for the CFI ride!
The national average is around 70% right?That's one ride I hope I never have to take. The ATL FSDO has a 90% failure rate the first time around.
The national average is around 70% right?
Its kind of like a PPL on steroids. Commercial is all about smoothness, how well you stay ahead of the plane, and finessing the planecongrats! sounds similar to a ppl checkride with a coupl'a commercial maneuvers thrown in (chandelles, lazy 8's...)?
Found it. The FSDO has 68% pass rateI wouldn't know.
Found it. The FSDO has 68% pass rate
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/av...l_airmen_statistics/2013/media/Air19-2013.xls
Yea i kind messed that one up but altitude and airspeed were fine he said. He says just make sure I do it right for the CFI ride!
Yep. Now I have 2 pages of artwork by him in my logbook!Is it Frank D'Angelone?
For sure. Does everything by the PTS and doesn't BS you. Commercial ride was a breeze with him as my DPEFrank is by far the best examiner out there. He doesn't make you feel pressured. He is fair. All around great guy. If anyone says they don't learn something from him on a check ride is full of it.
I'd suggest rechecking the source of your number. There were about 3500 initial CFI practical tests given last year, with pass rates of 66.5% and 68.4% for FSDO's and DPE's -- with the higher pass rate going to the FSDO's! Of the 296 initial CFI tests disapproved at FSDO's, a staggeringly large fraction would have to have been at the ATL FSDO, and I guarantee HQ would have noticed that and done something about that large a deviation from the national average.That's one ride I hope I never have to take. The ATL FSDO has a 90% failure rate the first time around.
Around 70% pass the first time -- the initial CFI failure rate was just over 30% last year, and that hasn't varied much for several years.The national average is around 70% right?
I'd suggest rechecking the source of your number. There were about 3500 initial CFI practical tests given last year, with pass rates of 66.5% and 68.4% for FSDO's and DPE's -- with the higher pass rate going to the FSDO's! Of the 296 initial CFI tests disapproved at FSDO's, a staggeringly large fraction would have to have been at the ATL FSDO, and I guarantee HQ would have noticed that and done something about that large a deviation from the national average.