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Old 18th July 2004 | 20:50
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BEagle
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
buster172, you stated in your post of one of the employees:

"She marked exams and erm, I don’t know what else."

Presumably 'she' was an authorised PPL Examiner? Standards Document 11 states quite clearly (para 3.3.4):

"NEVER allow anybody but the examiner to have sight of the examiner's master answers."

and also states in para 5.1.1:

"Examination papers may only be marked by the examiner. If the examination has been delegated, all papers shall be returned to the examiner immediately after the end of the examination. Answer sheets should bear the name in block capitals and signatures of both the invigilator and the examiner who marked the paper and also the date of the examination."

If PPL examination papers have been marked by other than an authorised Examiner, not only would they have been conducted improperly but also their security would have been compromised; the validity of all other examinations conducted at that RF could then well be in question.

In addition to merely marking papers, examiners are required to debrief succesful applicants on those questions which they failed to answer correctly. Ironically, the PPL exams are the only ones where your errors are pointed out to you!
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