I know the majority of us here don't take regular check rides with DPEs, and instead take either .mil rides or rides with company Check Airmen, but I figured I'd ask here. I know we have active CFIs here, too, so I welcome the input.
I'm scheduled to take a ME add-on course in April and not having taken a check ride with a DPE since I was 19, I'm sure there are some basics I can plan for that will help the oral portion (giggity). But I don't know what I don't know and some of the basics (like the logbook) have changed. So some questions for the group, along with some thinking out loud...
Logbook: Everything is in FF now for me, so do I just print out the 1- or 2- page logbook summary and put it in a binder?
Certificates: For my work check rides, we just pull out our three items (ticket, medical, ID) and show them. Is that all I need to do, or should I have a copy of them in the binder?
Foggles: I have a pair somewhere but can't find them. It doesn't look like there's been drastic improvements in foggle technology over the years, so was thinking of just ordering these. Any issues with that idea? We don't use them at work...we just use our NVGs as our view limiting device.
iPad Strap: I don't fly with a strap for my iPad, I just rotate it sideways and have it sit on my lap. The ACS states "Secure all items in the flight deck and cabin." Does that then mandate a strap? I'm hoping no.
Endorsement: How does that work with FF? Does the CFI sign on the iPad and then it prints when you generate the logbook summary? I've never had to deal with that.
As you can see, I'm focusing on things I want to have beforehand to bring with me, but there are of course other questions that will be covered by the CFI, but I'm curious to hear thoughts about, like...
ACS: My understanding is you don't have to go through the entire Commercial ACS, just the ME specific items, but lots of the basics of course overlap. At the end of the day, does it still boil down to "maneuvers, T/O and landings, and ME EPs (in the pattern and on the approach), and the standard 3-4 approaches?
Endorsements (again): It looks like I will come to the check ride with a Complex endorsement, but if the plane only has twin 180 engines, then I still (!!!) won't have a high-performance endorsement, correct? It seems you can't multiply 180 x 2 and call it more than 201 hp.
I'm sure there are other questions, but I'll start here.
I'm scheduled to take a ME add-on course in April and not having taken a check ride with a DPE since I was 19, I'm sure there are some basics I can plan for that will help the oral portion (giggity). But I don't know what I don't know and some of the basics (like the logbook) have changed. So some questions for the group, along with some thinking out loud...
Logbook: Everything is in FF now for me, so do I just print out the 1- or 2- page logbook summary and put it in a binder?
Certificates: For my work check rides, we just pull out our three items (ticket, medical, ID) and show them. Is that all I need to do, or should I have a copy of them in the binder?
Foggles: I have a pair somewhere but can't find them. It doesn't look like there's been drastic improvements in foggle technology over the years, so was thinking of just ordering these. Any issues with that idea? We don't use them at work...we just use our NVGs as our view limiting device.
iPad Strap: I don't fly with a strap for my iPad, I just rotate it sideways and have it sit on my lap. The ACS states "Secure all items in the flight deck and cabin." Does that then mandate a strap? I'm hoping no.
Endorsement: How does that work with FF? Does the CFI sign on the iPad and then it prints when you generate the logbook summary? I've never had to deal with that.
As you can see, I'm focusing on things I want to have beforehand to bring with me, but there are of course other questions that will be covered by the CFI, but I'm curious to hear thoughts about, like...
ACS: My understanding is you don't have to go through the entire Commercial ACS, just the ME specific items, but lots of the basics of course overlap. At the end of the day, does it still boil down to "maneuvers, T/O and landings, and ME EPs (in the pattern and on the approach), and the standard 3-4 approaches?
Endorsements (again): It looks like I will come to the check ride with a Complex endorsement, but if the plane only has twin 180 engines, then I still (!!!) won't have a high-performance endorsement, correct? It seems you can't multiply 180 x 2 and call it more than 201 hp.
I'm sure there are other questions, but I'll start here.