Originally Posted by
rudestuff
That's the thing about ATOs, they need to make money. I would suggest you find an ATO with an airplane you're familiar with and lay it out to them: You want to rent a plane for a familiarisation flight and an IR test. You don't need their sign off or permission, just the plane. Take it or leave it.
Good advise, thank you.
They make it sound like they have to refer me to an examiner, which makes me wonder if I could search for an examiner like we do in the US, I had to shop for my own DPEs.