65 Private Pilot, Instrument, and Commercial Checkrides Changed Again – Interview with Jason Blair, DPE Your Cirrus Specialist. Call me if you're thinking of buying a new Cirrus SR20 or SR22. Call 1-650-967-2500 for Cirrus purchase and training assistance. 65 To become a pilot, students have to pass the Private Checkride. The ACS is the document that defines what’s on the checkride, and what students have to do to pass. But the ACS for the Private, Instrument, and Commercial checkrides just changed again. Max interviews FAA DPE Jason Blair, who explains what changed, and how checkrides have already changed. Mentioned in the Show Jason Blair's Web site Private Pilot - Airplane ACS, June 2018 Jason Blair's Books on Amazon: An Aviator's Field Guide to Middle-Altitude Flying An Aviator's Field Guide to Tailwheel Flying Please visit my new Patreon page and make a contribution to help me with my goal of improving the AviationNewsTalk.com website. Check out our recommended ADS-B receivers, and order one for yourself. Yes, we'll make a couple of dollars if you do.  Check out our recommended Aviation Headsets, and order one for yourself! Send us an email - http://www.sjflight.com/Forms/inquiry.htm If you have a question you'd like answered on the show, let listeners hear you ask the question, by recording your listener question using your phone. Max Trescott is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.