Cecilia Aragon
Cecilia Aragon is a Designated Pilot Examiner based in Everett, WA. Read pilot reviews or leave feedback to help others choose the right examiner for a checkride.
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Pilot Reviews
Had my PPL checkride with Cecilia Aragon as my DPE. She was knowledgeable and pretty by the book I’d say. The oral was 2 hours, the flight was about the same. First; the oral: Her questions were out of the ACS, it all felt fair and straightforward. At one point more technical detail about density altitude than I remembered offhand, but she let me look it up in the AIM and it was no problem. The flight: This went better and actually was pretty fun, there were no surprises at all. I was nervous going in, and she could definitely tell. She helped me relax and felt easygoing. Overall had a great experience with her, would recommend.
Awful, stay away from he.
Just stay away from her. Unfortunately, I read these reviews after I failed with her after doing 4 hour ground.
Feedback regarding my recent (PPL) checkride with (DPE) Ceilia Aragon. While I recognize that Ms. Aragon is a very knowledgeable and experienced pilot, I found the evaluation process to be highly arbitrary. BTW, my checkride lasted approximately 7 hours for private I felt the focus was more on showcasing her own knowledge rather than evaluating my skills as a safe pilot. She frequently asked obscure, one-line questions from the AIM that are not commonly known. For example, when discussing ground effect, she expected a detailed explanation of pressure degradation in terms of Bernoulli’s principle. Furthermore, I have concerns regarding her interpretation of (ACS). She called out during the practical that I failed on a power-on stall awhile in a turn; while she claimed the bank angle exceeded 40 degrees. FAA inspector had to provide clarifications on ACS standards-there is such standard I am unsure if these criteria were applied correctly. She would regularly interrupt you during the ATC calls, and point out poor radio calls that she cause and that missed the communication. Make sure you called out the starting maneuver attitude, she will call out if started at 3900 but she think that you started at 4000. Overall, the experience was a poor representation of a standard evaluation- I get she is a new DPE, but she is not evaluating the applicants rather she is there to show case herself.