DPE rates

jbarrass said:
Just to add some numbers, the problem is not budget. The FAA is getting money.

It goes up (quite rapidly) each year
  • 2015: $15.9 billion
    • Enacted budget, reflecting funding from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF) and General Fund contributions, supporting operations, facilities, and NextGen initiatives.
  • 2016: $16.3 billion
    • Enacted budget, with increased investments in air traffic control modernization and safety programs.
  • 2017: $16.4 billion
    • Enacted budget, maintaining focus on infrastructure and safety oversight amidst temporary reauthorization extensions.
  • 2018: $16.8 billion
    • Enacted budget, bolstered by the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, which ensured funding stability through September 2023.
  • 2019: $17.5 billion
    • Enacted budget, supporting controller staffing and NextGen deployment, with AATF contributions covering over half.
  • 2020: $17.9 billion
    • Enacted budget, supplemented by CARES Act funding to address COVID-19 impacts on aviation, totaling additional temporary support.
  • 2021: $18.1 billion
    • Enacted budget, with continued reliance on AATF ($11.4 billion in excise tax revenue) and General Fund support.
  • 2022: $18.6 billion
    • Enacted budget, with AATF contributing $11.4 billion (54.8% of total), focusing on safety and infrastructure.
  • 2023: $24.0 billion
    • Enacted budget, with AATF funding $16.5 billion (68.9%), reflecting significant increases for modernization and staffing per USAFacts data.
  • 2024: $20.3 billion
    • Enacted budget per the FY2024 appropriations bill, including a $1.255 billion boost for IT modernization and hiring 1,800 controllers.
  • 2025: $21.0 billion (proposed)
    • Based on the FY2025 Budget Estimates, including $20.2 billion from AATF excise tax forecasts and $1.8 billion for aviation safety oversight. This is a request, not yet enacted as of April 6, 2025.
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It's hard to decode sarcasm on the Internet, but I see 1-4% increases until 2023, and then it goes down. So I'm guessing sarcasm.
 
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jbarrass said:
the problem is not budget. The FAA is getting money.
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Except the money is not going toward the topic of the thread. Even the numbers of ASIs haven't kept up with the growth on the commercial side. But the designee manning or shortage depending on your view point has been an ongoing issue for years. And as I recall congress mandated a while back that the FAA issue a manning report every year and you can see the numbers for yourself. However, as mentioned earlier in this thread, its not the lack of DPE numbers that is the problem, its the lack of equal participation of DPEs that is the issue. I
 
brien23 said:
I got this from a new DPE in the area, is what he charges about the same elsewhere.

My fees are:
All checkrides: USD 1,000
Retest flight: USD 500
Retest oral plus flight is full fee
Discontinue is free
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The DPE our school uses charges $900 for Private & $400 for retest. I'm not sure what it is for Instrument, commercial or CFII. I think he charges around $1500 for the CFII. We have had DPEs travel from Florida to provide checkrides and their fees were $3000 and $2000. And a buddy that messed up his chandelles for his commercial...the DPE charged him $1000 to retest by doing one maneuver. Yea... I think being a DPE is where it's at.
 
My PPL checkride is next week and the fee is $700. I think $100 is to get them to come to my airport, which I'll gladly pay since I've been practicing my performance takeoffs and landings here.
 
Gess said:
My PPL checkride is next week and the fee is $700. I think $100 is to get them to come to my airport, which I'll gladly pay since I've been practicing my performance takeoffs and landings here.
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That’s a decent fee tbh. You’ll do great! Handle your business
 
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