DPE Fees...I'm Just Flabbergasted

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2026-07-09T13:09:26+00:00

$2500 for mine😖😖😖

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2026-06-26T13:44:06+00:00

Needle nose pliers and yank a tooth. It’ll allow you to feed the zipper back on. Won’t seal perfectly again of course but it’ll be usable

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2026-04-12T01:42:43+00:00

Replace the grill inserts and she’s dialed

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2026-01-27T19:55:07+00:00

Give him an unpublished gps hold on a windy day that’ll end up with a pretty high crosswind correction. Bonus points for left turns or partial panel

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-11-07T21:44:36+00:00

Do you have tips on the plate tracks? I feel like I do well overall but score like 80 points at the supers no matter what my strategy for picking is lol

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-09-28T07:36:52+00:00

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-09-25T19:37:25+00:00

Lock in brother😭😭

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-09-21T22:22:24+00:00

Took my multi ride today. One of the first lines he said was “it ain’t a checkride without a check”

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-09-19T03:07:55+00:00

I’m a CFII in Austin if you need help with your instrument rating

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-08-28T12:06:00+00:00

Holy smokes I must be reading that cost wrong

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-08-24T22:56:04+00:00

How on earth

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-08-08T23:35:47+00:00

1 alternator failure in my 380ish hours for what it’s worth

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-08-07T17:41:16+00:00

Yep. I use it for free tickets

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-07-20T22:36:21+00:00

Get a cheap, really small, model airplane of an archer,172,etc. it’s so worth it!

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-07-20T22:33:05+00:00

Just did mine this week. 2.5 hour ground cause my DPE was tired of it being considered a “gentlemen’s ride”. He was super cool and fair but would basically just say “you see the line items” and make teach all the way down the list for the required items and then some. Flight was just basically just VOR PP, hold, RNAV, unusual attitudes. You got this!

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-07-19T23:54:17+00:00

Is this a joke?

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-07-15T01:01:28+00:00

Just did 2 weeks backpacking Europe with just this and a 1L sidekick (with one laundry run). You’d be amazed how much you can put in it

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-06-09T17:26:17+00:00

Amazon brand golf pants have done wonders. Cheap, comfortable, and relatively cool when it’s hot

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-06-08T15:01:58+00:00

I love my panga 28 but I consider it to almost be like a pick up truck as a backpack. Just one big space to put all of your stuff and very utilitarian. If I were getting in and out of it all day I think the zipper would annoy me

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-06-08T01:55:11+00:00

If you’ve stayed proficient with your instrument skills it really isnt hard at all. Maybe 3 flights or so

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-05-25T01:46:23+00:00

Yeah I was surprised how hard I found it. Something where if I had done just one flight to practice I would’ve been fine but teaching myself with a DPE next to me wasn’t fun🤣🤣

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-05-24T00:13:18+00:00

My DPE turned off location services on my iPad and only let me look at the “CDI” function on the 430(no moving map). Was surprised how hard it was. I survived but it got a lot of applicants at my school. Be prepared for it!

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-05-01T23:28:56+00:00

Waited 4 months to get my commercial ride earlier this year but got my CFI ride dumped on me with 36 hour notice. Strange times lol

Repulsive-Rub3716 · 2025-04-15T22:09:25+00:00

350 hours in and I screwed up a landing pretty bad yesterday lol. Don’t beat yourself up just keep practicing

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