Re: IFR checkride coming up...

Robert M. Gary wrote:
>  
> All it takes is a little turb that causes you to lose a couple of feet
> and you've busted the checkride.

Agreed.

But there's "a little turb" and there's hundreds of feet of cu****on 
above the MDA.

It's a matter of degree and cir***stance.

Adding some turbulence protection on a gusty day would be prudent, as 
would a mention of you doing so on purpose.

If you were 200 or more feet high on a decent day, the DE's I know would 
  probably compare it to your other approaches, and possibly let you 
take another shot at one high approach.   Most of them will allow a redo 
on a mistake, if the mistake is to the safe side.  Do it on all of them, 
and you'll fail.

Remember the PTS has standards:

Non-precision = +100/-0 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
  MDA
Precision = 3/4 scale deflection of either needle @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 MDA