mvivion
FOUNDER
Bozeman,MT
IFR student/ticket candidate/whatever puts his/her faith in the DPE to abide by the requirements. After all the DPE is the FAA’s representative. So now the IFR student is responsible for the actions of the DPE? It’s crap.
The DPE is “responsible”. Those requirements are really clear. What about the recommending CFI? You’re telling us THEY didn’t know this was going on? The recommending instructors did all the training approaches at TKA? If so, maybe THEY need to be re-examined? We’re any of these “wink, wink” checkrides? If so, you can bet the CFIs had a good idea of what was going on.
Point is there’s lots of blame to go round. The FAA promulgates rules. If YOU violate those rules, YOU are potentially going to have a problem. If not, why have rules? I sincerely hope that Mr. Lee has been having chats with the FAA as well. His DPE should be revoked. I’d even suggest he volunteer to pay for all the re-checks….it is his fault, after all.
We can make all the excuses in the world, but a DPE has the trust of the FAA, the Applicants, and the traveling public. A DPE who “cheats” on check rides, cheats ALL of us in aviation.
MTV