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FAR 91.11

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Thoughts on bringing up far 91.11 to a DPE who you feel is intentionally trying to intermediate (yelling/telling you how bad you are) you during flight?

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  1. KDS on Aug 20, 2017

    That question really falls under the heading of human interaction and there are no pat answers when it comes to dealing with other people. Every situation is a little different and how well you handle them depend on your experience, insight, attitude, and some luck.

    Personally, I think that unless it were brought up in any way other than an effort at light-hearted humor in a very friendly situation that it would leave an applicant in a worse position than had it not been mentioned.

    If an applicant reached a point where they felt the relationship in the cockpit had deteriorated to the point that 14 CFR 91.11 was applicable, the best course of action would be to advise the examiner that you were going to terminate the check at that point and land. The examiner should give the applicant a letter of discontinuance for the tasks you had successfully completed to that point assuming you had not already failed the check. However, the examiner could also correctly give the applicant a Notice of Disapproval (pink slip) instead, depending on the situation.

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  2. Kris Kortokrax on Aug 21, 2017

    The word is intimidate, not intermediate.

    There is no place for yelling or berating in either flight instruction or during a practical test. The DPE may use distractions during the test, but this goes beyond distraction.

    You should make notes of what occurred and contact your local FSDO. The DPE is assigned a Principal Operations Inspector. This person needs to know about this. If you have been disapproved as a result because of this situation, you may ask that an inspector conduct the check. If he finds that you perform satisfactorily, the disapproval will be nullified.

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