CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 11 Issue 4 - 17

CFI TIPS
applicant's pilot certificate, to change them will require an actual official
" change of name " by the FAA. This cannot be done at the time of a practical
test in nearly all cases, and must be done by an actual FAA inspector at an
office. It will mean the test is not going forward if there is a non-reconcilable
name mismatch, and it frequently results in more significant delay.

Things can get a little confusing, especially when working with different
types of flight simulators, but making sure an applicant has correctly
represented their flight time is critical to a DPEs ability to qualify their
eligibility for the test.

Get those name fields matching and check this ahead of the scheduled
testing event to avoid these hiccups.

Doing this correctly starts with legible and well-logged flight times in the
pilot's logbook and training records. Do this from the beginning and getting
this time correct in the IACRA application will go much easier.

HEIGHT MISMATCH

MISSING KNOWLEDGE TEST

The FAA lists height in inches. Many of us refer to height in common
nomenclature in " feet and inches, " such as 5' 11 " tall. Or, the most common
mistake, 6' 0 " that regularly gets listed as 60 inches in the height field in
IACRA. This should be listed as 72 inches.
Even just deviation from previously listed heights will result in a potential
returned application package. If an applicant's last pilot certificate listed
their height as 74 inches, but the new one lists it as 68 inches (four inches
shorter), and the DPE doesn't catch it, it will result in the application being
returned. For those that want more detail, the FAA officially allows heights
to vary only up to two inches from application to application without
additional justification.

It is still required to show up at a practical test (for the ones that require
knowledge tests) with a copy of that knowledge test. Since January 2020,
it is no longer required that the copy have the " raised seal " but-and even
though you may have it associated in IACRA-it is still required that the
physical copy of the knowledge test be seen by the DPE on a practical test.
So bring it with you.
But what if I lost it?
Well, the good news is that since January 2020, knowledge tests can more
easily be replaced via an online request form. The bad news is that if
you haven't done this prior to the scheduled test, not having a copy of the

MISSING OR INCORRECT FLIGHT TIMES

The experience matrix of flight time on the 8710 application form is
there to allow an examiner to help qualify an applicant as having met
the appropriate experience requirements for a particular certificate or
rating for which a test will be given. Common problems: The flight times
don't meet the minimums, flight times don't match what the applicant is
demonstrating in his or her pilot logbook (digital or paper), or flight times
are entered into incorrect columns and data boxes.

CFI IS REQUIRED TO " REVIEW THE AREAS FOUND DEFICIENT ON
AN AIRMAN'S KNOWLEDGE TEST " PRIOR TO HIM OR HER BEING
" QUALIFIED " FOR THE PRACTICAL TEST A DPE WILL GIVE. THIS
IS A COMMONLY FORGOTTEN ENDORSEMENT.
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