Commercial Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam (Oral Exam Guide series) [Paperback]

Michael D. Hayes (Author)

Book Description

Series: Oral Exam Guide series | Publication Date: April 28, 2004

These exam guides teach applicants not only what to expect on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oral and written exams for pilot certification and flight review, but also how to exhibit subject mastery and confidence under tough examiner scrutiny. The most consistent questions asked in each exam are provided in a question-and-answer format, with information sources for further study. Applicants facing the oral exams will benefit from the topics discussed and the further study materials provided, which have been updated to reflect important FAA regulatory, procedural, and training changes (including the newest Practical Test Standards). Also included are practical checklists to help students keep track of required items and test-day details. An indispensable tool for pilots preparing for the FAA's commercial pilot oral exam, this guide contains the questions most frequently asked of applicants during their one-on-one "check-ride" with an FAA examiner. Updated and revised to reflect important FAA regulatory, procedural, and training changes, including the newest Practical Test Standards, the study guide is organized in a handy question-and-answer format that closely simulates the actual test experience.

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About the Author

Michael D Hayes has been flying for 30 years. He has accumulated numerous certificates and ratings, including private and commercial single and multiengine land ratings. He is currently a certified flight instructor. He lives in Arlington, Texas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.; 5 Sub edition (April 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560275227
• ISBN-13: 978-1560275220
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,472,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fair coverage due to the nature of the rating, August 30, 2000

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Jim Carson "http://www.jimcarson.com" (Bellevue, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Commercial Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam (Paperback)

Mr Hayes' guide is a fair and generic review for oral portion of the commercial (single-engine, airplane) checkride and covers required equipment (91.213, MELs), restrictions on flying for hire (part 91 vs 121), and general info on complex airplanes. The Gleim book has a more thorough coverage on regulations and maneuvers.

Any guide like this should be a supplement to a review with your CFI. Most examiners have particular areas they wish to emphasize -- usually based on previous applicants or trends from the FAA/NTSB inspectors.

Where this book is deficient, and this is largely because the nature of the commercial rating, is its description of advanced systems. This is because for the commercial, you take part or all of your checkride using a complex (retractible gear, cowl flaps, controllable pitck prop), airplane. The seriousness of the rating requires that you know a *lot* about the aircraft. Successful applicants will bond with the pilot operating handbook, as well as "memorize" the placement of every gage, knob and instrument.

For the purposes of review, Mr Hayes assumes you have a Cessna 172RG, which is not a bad guess as it's among the cheaper and more ubiquitous training retractible airplanes available. He does a good job covering the basics of the 172rg differences (hydraulic landing gear, cowl flaps and prop). To his credit, he makes an attempt at including suggested power settings for the maneuvers. (Unfortunately, these will only be approximations, you have to try them in the plane you're going to do the exam in.)

2.0 out of 5 stars Not very helpful for me, April 3, 2010

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Chris Olsen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Commercial Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam (Oral Exam Guide series) (Paperback)

I just finished the flight and oral aspects of the commercial exam. Looking back on it, this book did LITTLE to help. I referenced it a few times, but for the most part, it wasn't very helpful at all(It was very wordy and confusing and it doesnt give you the "why").
I would only buy this book if you can get it for cheap. Otherwise, use the FAR/AIM, airplane flying handbook, and the Jeppeson Commercial/instrument book. The Jeppeson book was by far the most valuable and informational.