AOPA Pilot Magazine - December 2024 - 109

TIPS FROM PIC
What's in a
name?
BY TOM ZECHA
EVERY NOW AND again, we hear from
an instructor or student with the
same heart-breaking story. A student
pilot has spent weeks preparing for
their pilot certificate oral and practical
exam as the scheduled date
approaches. Lo and behold, checkride
day arrives and the student sits down
with the designated pilot examiner to
review the necessary endorsements
and paperwork. Suddenly, the DPE
discovers a technical problem: One of
the names on the medical certificate,
student pilot certificate, knowledge
test results, IACRA 8710 application,
and driver's license does not match. It
turns out the name listed on the student's
knowledge test is " Bill Smith "
and on all of the other items it is his
official name, " William Robert Smith. "
Unfortunately, the knowledge test will
have to be corrected to reflect his official
name, the checkride with the
DPE rescheduled, and more time and
money spent preparing and staying
ready until the new date arrives.
As a CFI, I often found myself telling
students verbatim the same thing my
primary instructor told me many years
ago. " Always use your official name for
anything pertaining to the FAA, without
exception. " I would even ask them what
their official name is, and is it the name
on their driver's license? The point
was to make sure they get that important
detail straight before applying for a
medical, student pilot certificate, or sitting
for a knowledge test.
A name mismatch discovered during
the checkride is costly both in time
and money to the student, to the examiner,
and it is most certainly not a good
reflection on the instructor.
Contact AOPA's Pilot Information
Center at 800-USA-AOPA (872-2672),
pilotassist@aopa.org, or pic.aopa.org
for more information. Tom Zecha
is senior manager of the AOPA Pilot
Information Center.
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