You had a choice.
Option 1 - Grab examiner's ears, pull down sharply so that his face connects with your up moving knee. Once he is slumped on the ground, remove his license from his pocket, add his CAA refence number to the relevent page of your licence and then take his still quivering hand to offer some kind of signature. Job done, money saved.
Option 2 - Refuse to fly, report him to the CAA and feel the satisfaction of some-how improving the overall standard of flight safety by removing a 'rogue' examiner from the system.
Option 3 - Fly, pray to god the aircraft recovers, hopefully complete the test and at least have the satisfaction that you have something you can bribe him with at a later date.
Have been in a similar situation myself, only with an examiner who wanted to spin above 8/8 cloud.
Decision? I took option 3, only I haven't bribed the examiner. Because, (a) he is a good bloke who was going to pass me (b) I thought the risk was acceptable (good horizon, RIS etc.)
So what did you do, dick-wad?
Last edited by Clarance Over; 20th April 2002 at 10:36.