Annual Designated Pilot Examiners Symposium to Return in 2025 for #4 Edition
Bringing DPEs together for the fourth time, FSANA will again be hosting a DPE conference in 2025.
This year's DPE Symposium will be held in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday through Friday, November 12, 13, and 14. FSANA will be hosting Wednesday and Thursday's activities and the FAA will be in charge of a special DPE currency training program on Friday. A separate registration is required through the FAA link below for Friday's segment.
DPEs, flight school operators, chief flight instructors and anyone serious about becoming a DPE this annual event is for you. The goal of the symposium continues to be an effort to bring DPEs together to help standardization, help individuals who might be interested in becoming DPEs learn more about the process and potential, and bring FAA staff together with attendees to share information about FAA efforts, DPE practices, and currency.
For all you who were at our Symposium in October 2024, or either of the previous two, we're sure you'll want to return for this 4th edition. If you've never had the opportunity to attend, it's time to see what all the noise is about.
Day 1:- FAA Designee Program Update from FAA staff
- Airman Practical Testing Programs Update from FAA staff
- What MOSAIC Means for DPE
- Managing Applicant Scheduling and Practical Test Demand
- FAA Orders: 8000.95 and 8900.1 - Critical Content for a DPE
- Plans of Action Development and Management [Concurrent session]
- How to Become a DPE [Concurrent session]
Day 2:- IACRA and DMS Best Practices, Tips & Tricks
- Documenting Checkrides: Proper Disapproval Notice Practices
- Working with Training Providers to Best Develop Understanding of What it Takes to Deliver a Good Quality Applicant
- Standardization of Discrepancies in the Practical Testing Landscape
- When the DPE and/or the Applicant Aren’t Happy with How the Practical Test Went
Day 3:- Added this year, Day 3 of the Symposium is a one-day program being crafted by the FAA to be an event-within-an-event that will meet 24-month DPE currency requirements that are otherwise completed in an online training session. A separate registration is required for Day 3. Attendance at Day 1 and 2 is not required to participate in Day 3.
The expanded Symposium is two-prong: First, to make each yearly event, an in-person opportunity to share information. And second, to allow attendees to meet their every-other-year training requirements from the FAA for examiner currency.
We look forward to opening registration shortly. For now, keep November 12-14 open in your calendar and plan on joining FSANA, the FAA, and your fellow DPEs from around the country in Dallas.
Register right here soon for 2 full days of sessions. Separate registration required for November 14.
Available soon. Fill out this PDF form and submit by email, fax, or post.
Register soon for FAA's DPE currency training session.
