FAA Designated Pilot Examiners (DPEs) serve an important role for the aviation community by examining applicants for pilot certificates when FAA employed examiners are not available. While the FAA strives to ensure consistency across examinations, there are variations between examiners in terms of their personalities, methods of examination, and emphasis on examination tasks. Additionally, there are reported substantial variations in the quality of the examination provided.

Since a DPE is trusted by pilots to provide fair and reasonable exams, it is important that pilots invest this trust in DPEs known to be fair and objective. To help pilots make an informed decision, this site provides applicant reviews of DPEs which have been gathered from across the internet.