If the examiners have been provided with inadequate information to support conducting a CRI skilltest, then that's clearly wrong, and also would explain why several of us have experiences of the CRI skilltest that resemble an FI skilltest. On the other hand, we're standalone instructors with a fair range of privileges, and as such should be rigorously assessed.
Personally, as a CPL with reasonable hours, and one who tries to stay as competent as possible, I found it challenging - appropriately so. I honestly don't think I could have passed the skilltest as conducted, when I was a 300 hour PPL.
What do you mean Whopity by "when the Gizit CRIs have to take their first revalidation test under EASA" ? CRI, unlike FI, doesn't require a revalidation test only sufficient teaching experience. That's arguably wrong given our range of privileges, but is the case unless EASA is changing it and I missed the fact.
We are losing the right to do type ratings on "single pilot high performance complex aeroplanes", which goes over to TRIs, which personally makes no difference one way or the other, nor to very many others I suspect - but that's the only EASA change I was aware of.
Also what's a "Gizit CRI"? - is there anybody holding CRI who hasn't passed the skill test?
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