So this morning I met up with Alec to go over the oral component of the IFR checkride as a prerequisite to taking the checkride.
Went very well, I apparently have at least some idea what I'm talking about and got some good tips on wha tthe examiner is looking for.
First important tip: The examiner was paper and lots of it - paper IFR charts and Paper chart supplements. Never mind that all of this is available on Foreflight, I now need to go out and buy paper copies for the exam. Blech.
Second: You need to really know your paper chart symbology. I was fine with that as I had studied expecting that to be the case.
Third: Need to know how to explain how the Garmin G5s actually work - solid state gyroscopes, accelerators and air data computer. We apparently don't need to know how to disassemble and replace the internals so there's that.
Fourth: Everything is fair game and there is a heckuva lot of it
Upside: I passed and now have the checkride booked.
I do now have yet another pre-checkride requirement: a required pre-checkride flight with Alec to do this Friday, so I better not mess that up.
There may just be a light at the end of the tunnel, but it may very well be an oncoming train.
2 comments:
Awesome.
You CAN do this.
Holy Crap, Aaron,
I didn't have to put up with anywhere near as much crap on the many checkrides I had to take.
But then, they were paying me. Not the other way around.
Best of luck, my Friend!
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