Practical Test Standards

In the end, any training program is dependent upon the quality of the ground and flight instruction a student pilot receives.

Practical test standards.

Practical tests for FAA pilot certificates and associated ratings are administered by FAA inspectors and designated pilot examiners in accordance with FAA-developed Practical Test Standards, PTS.

See Figure one dash three.

Fourteen CFR Part sixty-one specifies the areas of operation in which knowledge and skill must be demonstrated by the applicant.

The CFRs provide the flexibility to permit the FAA to publish practical test standards containing the areas of operation and specific tasks in which competence must be demonstrated.

The FAA requires that all practical tests be conducted in accordance with the appropriate practical test standards and the policies set forth in the introduction section of the Practical Test Standard Book.

It must be emphasized that the Practical Test Standards Book is a testing document rather than a teaching document.