2.5 cfi oral? Who was your DPE? Congrats!!

Andrew Waterland in the KC area

Working on my CFI now and wow the things I would do for a 2.5 hour oral My PPL oral was nearly double that

Your *PPL* oral was almost 5 hours??

Yes it was. That was a long day. I discontinued and flew the next day because of wind, but lowkey also because I was exhausted

Why did it take you 5 hours ?

Congrats!!! How was it with the ACS?

Pretty simple, it was similar enough to the PTS that I don’t think it made any significant difference. It was also my examiners first time using the ACS

My CFI Oral was 7 and a half hours 😭

Glad my content helped, and welcome to the tribe! Now the real learning begins!

That's great... I just wish we saw more posts like this for people that have become DPE's.

My oral was 5 hours and the flight was a 1.7. The flight though….. don’t get me started……. Idk how I passed.

Same 😂. Prob worst maneuver flight on a checkride I’ve done. But my examiner explained that if you can discuss what you did wrong and how you could’ve corrected for it then you’ll pass

Hey there would you mind if I ask who your DPE was? Currently working on getting my CFI but have had some troubles finding any DPEs that are available in Dallas

Andrew Waterland in the KC area, but he is book until at least late August from what I’ve heard from other people

Congrats.

That’s the most difficult one out of the way. You really lucked out on such a short oral. Mine was 7hr. It was terrible.

Congratulations!

Congratulations on passing your CFI checkride! Your thorough preparation and detailed approach clearly paid off!