Checkride Points & Procedures
Pilot must have 10 hours of training time on the aircraft they wish to check ride in. Check Ride will be from KORD to KIND. Pilot will perform an ILS approach either manually or with autopilot at specified runway in KIND (Phillip will provide chart for all pilots and will be able to be download from site). Weather will be set to Fair weather with the visibility below 5000 feet at 1 mile. Pilot must have runway visually in sight at minimums on chart before proceeding with landing. The person conducting the check ride will not help you set up your instruments or operate any equipment in the aircraft. The Person conducting the check ride will not help you read the plate and tell you the frequency or course for approach. If you need help being vectored in the check rider may give you a heading to turn to to get you started on the base leg, but will not give you an altitude or airspeed. The check rider cannot turn you on final. The Check Rider will set up the session and upon the pilot taking control of the aircraft the pilot will be informed as to the weight of the aircraft so the pilot can calculate the Reference speeds for approach. The person conducting the check ride will not at anytime fly the aircraft, turn off any engines or otherwise compromise the check ride. The check riders may record any portion of your flight for future reference for use in company videos. If the company has a paint for the aircraft you are checkriding in you must fly in company colors. At this time the only aircraft at KORD that does not have a paint is the DH8-300.
The point system is a way to keep each checkride at a standard. You have a lot of chances to make minor mistakes and a few chances for major mistakes. Serious ones will fail you automatically.
Each Pilot Starts with 20 points passing is 13 or more points remaining at end of checkride. After being released for schedule routes, if you start hitting the runways to hard in the aircraft and are warned about the problem once and the problem is not rectified then you will go back to training. If you crash the aircraft in your first 10 scheduled flights you will go back and do another 10 hours of training and complete another checkride on that craft.
Verbal Questions
6 Questions about Fueling, Vspeeds, etc. Worth .5 each question
Takeoff:
Over or under Rotation Speed more than 10 knots: -.5
More than 12 degree attack on rotation: -.5
More than 15 degree attack on climbout -.5
Drag tail on takeoff: -2
Landing Lights off on Takeoff -.5
Failure to use proper flap settings on takeoff -.5
Failure to Retract Gear After Possitive rate of Climb: -.5
Failure to retract Flaps after Possitive rate of climb: -.5
Climb and Cruise:
Exceed 17 degree angle of attack during climb to cruise: -.5
Fall below Minimum Climbout speed more than 10 knots: -1
Over 250 knots under 10,000 -1
Over 200 knots within an airspace -.5
Exceed 30 degree bank on any turn -1 for each incedent
Failure to Feather Props for best climb and burn -.5
ailure to lean mixture (if available on props) -.5
Landing lights on above 10,000 -1
Descent and landing
Over 250 knots below 10,000 -1
Over 200 knots within airspace -.5
Over -20 degrees angle of descent -.5 for each incident
Over 30 degree bank on any turn -1 for each incident
More then 12 degrees on flare (Jets) -1
More than 10 degrees on flare (Props) -1
More than 10 knots over or under calculated base leg reference
Speed -1
More then 5 knots over or under the calculated reference
Speed over the localizer -1
More then 5 knots over or under the Vref over the threshold -1
Improper Height over Localizer -.5
Improper localizer frequency -.5
Improper approach coarse -.5
Gear not lowered over localizer -.5
Exceed flap speeds at any time -.5 per incident
+/- one mark on GS indicator after localizer -.5 per incident
Unstable approach below minimum -1
Drag tail on landing -2
Landing at a vertical speed in excess of 500 FPM (Jets) -1
Each additional 100 FPM over 500 -.5
Landing at a vertical speed in excess of 200 FPM (Turbo Props) -1
Each additional 100 FPM over 200 FMP -.5
Turning off runway at end of checkride above 10 knots -.5
Plane lands before runway: FAIL
Plane runs off of runway at anytime: FAIL
Crash aircraft at anytime during flight FAIL
Last two system
training flights for aircraft check riding in:
Over 500 FPM on touchdown (Jets) -1 for each incident
Over 200 FPM on touchdown (Props) -1 for each incident
Flight in a negative -1 for each incident
More than 1000 lbs of fuel left on aircraft at end of flight (Jets) -.5 for each incident
More than 800 lbs fuel left on aircraft at end of flight (Props) -.5 for each incident
Major delay or Too early -1 for each incident
Delay or Early -.5 for each incident
Landing Light Hit -.5 for each incident
Any Overspeed Hit -.5 for each incident
Fuel Exhaustion Hit -2 for each incident
Crash Aircraft Fail
Land at wrong airport Fail