Pilots who took certain “check rides” from Talkeetna’s Don Lee will need to get re-certified — generally within 15 days of getting a Federal Aviation Administration notice.
The notice states an investigation into Lee’s certification activities found there is “reason to believe that the competency” of the pilots involved in check flights between 2018 and this year “is in doubt” so they are required to get examined again by an FAA inspector. Pilots for large commercial airliners, who already have transport pilot ratings involving additional reviews, are exempt.
Rick Ruess, owner of Arctic Flyers flight instruction school in Anchorage, said he sent many students to Lee for private pilot check rides and at least one for an instrument rating. One Anchorage-based pilot said he already spent $1,200 getting an instrument instructor check ride from Lee, and didn’t plan on going through the expense to get another one. Another said he knew a number of pilots who weren’t sure they could work until they got a new check ride.
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