Booking Fee

Due to scheduling / rescheduling and cancellations issues, a Booking Fee is being implemented.  

Please familiarize yourself with the booking fee policy prior to scheduling.  

Effective immediately, all future bookings will require a $300 booking fee.  

BOOKING FEE POLICY

The booking fee will be made when scheduling the checkride.  This is built into Calendly and will be evident when scheduling.  

This will be deducted from the checkride total after the applicant and aircraft are successfully validated and final payment is ready to be made on the date of the checkride. 

NON-REFUNDABLE: 

• the reservation is cancelled and it cannot be filled

• candidate has not sent in their required documents within 5 days of the checkride and/or is non-responsive for over 24 hours, and/or consistent communication cannot be maintained.

• the candidate and/or the aircraft cannot be validated on the day of the checkride

• PILOT IS NOT PREPARED

  • • DOCUMENTS: missing/incorrect documents, name mismatch, incorrect and/or incomplete endorsements

    • MATERIALS:  

      • • view limiting device as required

        • all charts and resources MUST be current.  

        • E6B/Plotter, CX3

        • method of charging your EFB if used

    • PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS:  incomplete flight plan (nav log, WB & performance calculations must all be based off of your aircraft's POH/AFM and all work must be shown. I expect to see copies of the performance tables/charts showing how you achieved your data - explaining what you did on a blank chart will not be acceptable.  Please highlight, show lines, and show the math.

    • UNSATISFACTORY OUTCOME: If you receive an UNSAT on the checkride, a refund/partial refund will not occur. 

• AIRCRAFT is unairworthy  

  • • unairworthy aircraft: does not meet airworthiness requirements and would have been previously known (INOP equipment - both required and not required; placards, documents, etc...)

      • All maintenance must be properly logged and meet 91.417.

      • All ADs and/or SBs (aircraft specific) and must be met and the recording must meet the requirements of 91.417

      • Incorrect or unclear maintenance records/inspections

If we cannot begin the checkride, a new schedule date will need to be made and a new deposit required. 

REFUNDABLE:

• reservation is cancelled more than 7 days in advance AND the spot is filled

• if the reservation is cancelled less than 7 days in advance, but within 72 hours of the checkride, AND the slot can be filled, you will be refunded the deposit, minus a 10% processing fee

DISCONTINUANCE: A "pause" on the checkride

• weather, unforeseen mechanical issue, or illness

• The completion will be rescheduled

• Another deposit fee will be required to hold this new date, however

  • • this will be credited towards the fee for the discontinuance after validation is successful.