Checkride was arranged through my school. Oral went smoothly; we spent the first stint discussing privileges and limitations, which was very scenario-based. He accepted the answer "contact the FSDO or retain an aviation attorney" when the waters of legality became muddled. Systems was very straightforward, with no trick questions. We talked about weather for a fair amount of time but did not dive into much aerodynamics or principles of flight-related discussions. I preflighted the plane without him present, and we departed. The flight went smoothly, doing maneuvers in the Phoenix southwest practice areas. Landings were done at A39, an airport I had not been to before. He gave some grace on landing distances if technique was good and you were talking through the choices you were making and your sight picture. If he doesn't say you missed your point, just continue flying the airplane. Overall, he stuck to his POA for the ground; if you gave straight answers, he didn't dig. In the plane, he was pushing things along with a moderately quick pace.

Checkride was organized through my school. Instrument initial with Mr. Bybee was about as average a checkride as you could expect. No surprises at all, and went straight by the ACS. During the oral, we spent a fair amount of time discussing emergencies, lost comms, and the practical handling of those scenarios. We discussed flight planning a lot too (alternates, requirements, procedures, etc). We spent a fair amount of time going through an ILS approach plate, but we did not discuss IFR systems or navigation methods in depth. He had a POA and stuck to it. For the flight, we did approaches at KCHD, KCGZ, and P08. KCHD wasn't what I was expecting, and it was super quick out of KIWA, but he helped with radios and keeping me in the loop of where he wanted us to go.