Interested in Becoming an NDPER?

Attention: Vintage and Warbird DPEs, PPEs, and CFIs

With the retirement of many of the veteran FAA Inspectors and FAA Designated Examiners came a dilemma - how to ensure that those pilots and flight engineers needing type ratings in the rare, historic aircraft and warbirds, would be able to continue to get checked-out.

Working in conjunction with the FAA, the EAA Government and Industry Relations Department and EAA Warbirds of America, established the National Designated Pilot Examiner Registry (NDPER) and the National Designated Flight Engineer Examiner Registry (NDFEER) programs. Under these programs, select FAA Designated Pilot Examiners and Flight Engineer Examiners, all with a wide range of experience in these vintage aircraft, were authorized by the FAA to provide check rides on a national basis.

As a "National Resource", these highly experienced FAA Designated Examiners have their activities coordinated by a FAA Flight Standards Manager. The administrative support functions of these examiners are managed by EAA.


If you are already an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE), a Pilot Proficiency Examiner (PPE), or a Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI) in vintage multi-engine aircraft, you may want to consider becoming an FAA National Designated Pilot Examiner (NDPER) and/or a National Designated Flight Engineer Examiner (NDFEER).

To do so, you must meet the following minimum requirements:

Hold a current FAA DPE certificate

Have been an FAA DPE or an FAA PPE for at least one year

Hold a current FAA Class II Medical certificate

Hold a minimum of two type ratings, LOAs and/or authorized experimental ratings in multi-engine vintage aircraft

Have a proven background involving the operation of multi-engine vintage aircraft

Hold a current EAA membership

Be willing to travel

EAA and FAA encourage multi-engine vintage aircraft pilots who do not meet the above minimum requirements to work toward eligibility by becoming either an FAA DPE or a FAA PPE. Appointments for either the DPE or the PPE are handled through your local Flight Standards District Office (FSDO).

To determine the national need for such examiners and/or for help in processing your DPE or PPE application through the FSDO, contact Ray Stinchcomb, FAA Program Manager, (202) 267-8175 or email: Raymond.Stinchcomb@faa.gov

For more information on the NDPER and the NDFEER programs, contact Verne Jobst, EAA NDPER/NDFEER Program Manager, (815) 385-7277; Ray Stinchcomb (see above), or Bill Fischer, EAA NDPER/NDFEER Program Administrator (920) 426-4874.

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