Re: CPL skills test
I told mine that I had passed the IR. We had a general discussion on the long taxi that the CPL test was unnecessary. (This all caught me by suprise too).
We took off, flew 20 miles, did a diversion, did a stall or two, shut down an engine, restarted it and flew back for some circuits and that was that.
All very relaxing.
Just keep your cool.
(I had in fact passed the IR).