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Responsibilities

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Topics

• Role of the DPE/PPE• Responsibilities of the DPE/PPE• What’s in it for…….

– CFI– Flight school– Joe and Susie pilots– The FAA

• Questions

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Role of DPE/TCE

• Who does the DPE/PPE work for?– For the FAA at our discretion and based upon the

needs of the flying public– Appointed by law PL 103-272 §44702 and FAR §183

• The FAA and its designees are in a symbiotic relationship

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Responsibilities

• General– Know the checking/certification requirements for

your aircraft authorizations• AFM, AOM, RFM, FSB Reports

– Get your paperwork in during renewal window– Administer all practical test in accordance with the

appropriate practical tests standards and other requirements

• Check Introduction of all PTS responsible

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Responsibilities

• PTS’s– Know requirements of test– Plan of action

• Written• Cover oral and flight• Special Emphasis Areas• Special Flight Characteristics• Changes

– WAAS/LPV/VNAV/English Language

– Keep good records• Accident/incident investigations

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Responsibilities

• Renewal– Paperwork in during the renewal window– Schedule observation with client and POI– Activity, must meet one (1) of the following:

• 10 certifications or aircraft rating test in airplanes• 5 in other types• 5 Instrument rating practical tests• 5 ATP practical tests

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What’s in it for me?

• Joe and Susie pilot– 14 CFR § 61.58 checks– BFR’s– CFI reinstatements– Validation of what your CFI taught you

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What’s in it for me?

• The flight school– More validation– Typically, an objective look at school’s procedures– Introduction of techniques from other

schools/instructors

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What’s in it for me?

• The FAA– Another layer of protection– Better use of industry resources

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What’s in it for me?

• The DPE– Close relationship with the FAA and industry– Usually among the first to know things/stuff– Personal attention and skills evaluation atleast once

a year!!!

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What’s in it for me?

• The CFI– Validation of-

• techniques and procedures

– Cross-tell• What works well and what doesn’t• New techniques from other instructors

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Reference Documents

• 8710.3E chg 1 DPE/PPE/FE Handbook• 8710.7 Sport Pilot Examiner Handbook• 8900.10• PTS’s

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