FAA Designated Pilot Examiner, Kyle Thomas

07/11/2024

https://medium.com/faa/why-was-my-students-practical-test-canceled-7e2e60eed4e3

A Look at Some Common Checkride Day Errors and How to Prevent Them

03/30/2024

Updated ACS/PTS Documents Available – Effective May 31, 2024 Posted on March 30, 2024 by Jason Blair The FAA published on April 1st, 2024 much-awaited updated Airman Certification Standards and Practical Test Standards for numerous certification tests. Applicants, CFIs, and DPEs are encouraged to ...

09/20/2023

DPE Shortage? A good read for my friends who are searching for a pilot examiner.

How Preparation Can Aid Checkride Success and Maximize Designated Pilot Examiner Availability

02/10/2023

Good to know.

https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/InFO23002_0.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2s1tg2n5qqr6ZV-OPeAyUcgBDFKMv5ldyqAeXBM6WFCw56wPOSbAcFrA4

Your A/C registration is now effective for 7 years (and the "pink temporary" too) No more FAA extension letters; https://bit.ly/3YoSv7O Throttle on!

05/08/2022

Master Instructors is pleased to announce that Kyle Vincent Thomas of Durant, OK has received the Master Instructor Accreditation for the Ninth Time. Kyle is an aviation educator who currently serves as an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner for the Will Rogers FSDO in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is also the Chief Flight Instructor, Flight Operations Manager, and an Associate Professor in Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s Aviation Sciences Institute. He began his flying career in 1986 and has held this position at the university for 25 years. He resides in Durant Oklahoma with his wife Traci and daughters, Allyson and Chloe.

04/10/2021

Hi, everyone. Sorry I haven't posted in a while. My April schedule is wide open. Let me know if you need some help with your check rides.

12/17/2020

Hi, everyone.

I'm on Christmas Break and my schedule is wide open. Let me know if you need some help with your check rides.

01/11/2020

Ok, want to know how many other CFIs signed off as many, or more applicants for practical tests than you did in 2019? I can give you a little data that might put the work you did last year in … Continue reading →

12/27/2019

With the ADS-B Out mandate a week away, there are still scores of aircraft not yet equipped—meaning they can’t legally fly in “rule” airspace after Jan. 1 without a waiver. Turns out, the waiver, part of the FAA’s ADS-B Deviation Authorization Preflight Tool (ADAPT) program, isn’t hard t...

09/10/2019

I once had a reporter ask me why I fly. Here's the answer.