Former FAA Staffer/DPE Is Cause For 11 Years-Worth Of Pilot Retests

To be honest, we had a hard time believing this the first time we heard about it, but documentation now published by the FAA confirms that severe issues of an as yet unspecified nature is causing the FAA to force as many as several hundred pilots to be retested for checkrides they may have taken over the course of some 11 years. The document states, "This notice provides current guidance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aviation safety inspectors (ASI) on program policies and procedures for reexamining individuals holding pilot certificates with various ratings who were tested by Michael A. Puehler of Cincinnati, Ohio. The reexamination will ensure that these ind