AI checkride prepPrivate Pilot (PPL), Instrument (IR), Commercial, CFI, CFII, ATP checkride

Your checkride,
rehearsed.

AI prep for the FAA written and the checkride oral, both built on the ACS your examiner uses.

The prep

Two exams, one standard.

Most ratings involve two FAA exams: the knowledge test, then the practical test. check-ride.ai rehearses both against the Airman Certification Standards your examiner uses.

01 · Written prep

The knowledge test.

Answer a question, then tell the coach why. A lucky guess doesn't count as knowing it, and every miss is explained.

PA.V.A.K2cSpeaking
CoachYou chose B: Decrease. What do you think changes when the airplane gets lighter?
Try written prepType or talk

02 · Mock oral

The checkride oral.

A voice AI examiner runs a full checkride oral, using your aircraft, your airport, even tailored to your DPE. It grades each element it asks.

PPL · C172S · KPAOListening
ExaminerWalk me through your weight and balance.
Try oral prep5-min demo · mic on

Every item you need to know broken down.

Certificate: PA

Private Pilot, Airplane

Area of operation: I

Preflight Preparation

Task: F

Performance and Limitations

Element: K1

Performance charts, tables and data

KKnowledgeRRisk managementSSkillKnowledge test: K and R. Checkride: K and R asked, S performed.
ACS board · Private Pilot ASELSample pilot

Mastery

91/ 100Strong

Each task is one tile, coloured by your mock oral mastery.

I
88
II
100
III
100
IV
93
V
100
VI
79
VII
83
VIII
IX
100
XI
XII

Area I · mastery

Preflight Preparation

Strong
26 satisfactory3 marginal3 unsatisfactory
88%
32 assessed

Task · PA.I.F

Performance and Limitations

ElementDescriptionOral
PA.I.F.K1Charts, tables and data
PA.I.F.K2aAtmospheric conditions
PA.I.F.K2fWeight and balance
PA.I.F.K3Aerodynamics
PA.I.F.R3Calculated vs. actual performance

Study pointer · PA.I.F.R3

Your number was the book's, not the day's. Rework the takeoff distance for a grass runway at 30 °C with the chart notes, then say what margin you'd add before calling it enough runway.

PHAK Ch. 11 · Aircraft Performance

StrongDevelopingNeeds workNot yet
Knowledge test · K + RCheckride · K + R asked · S performed
01 · Written prep

Not just a question bank. A coach that adapts.

It asks how you got there, grades the reasoning as well as the answer, and keeps working the topics you haven't nailed yet. Then it carries them into your mock oral.

Written prep · Private Pilot AirplaneExample
01

It asks why

Pick an answer and say how you got there, typed or out loud.

02

It grades the reasoning

Right for the wrong reason is Marginal. Every answer is graded on its ACS code.

03

It adapts to you

Misses come back until you get them right twice. Topics you've shown you know come last.

04

It feeds your oral

Codes you miss or can't explain go straight into your next mock oral.

02 · Mock oral

Say it out loud.

A voice-native AI DPE that challenges your explanations, tracks ACS progress, and delivers a debrief exactly like the oral portion of the checkride.

PPL · C172S · KPAO

Listening

Hold space to talk

Transcript · 2

Examiner

You're 300 pounds under gross, and there's turbulence reported over the pass. What happens to your maneuvering speed, and why?Recommended PA.V.A.K2c

You

It goes down. Lighter, I'd hit the load limit at a lower speed before the wing stalls, so I'd slow below the book number…

DebriefAreas in ACS order
85%

I. Preflight Preparation

931

93%

III. Airport Operations

410

53%

VI. Navigation

212

PA.V.A.K2cManeuvering speed and weightRecommendedSatisfactory
PA.I.E.K1Airspace classesRequiredSatisfactory
PA.VI.C.K1Selecting an alternateUnsatisfactory

Written prep follow-up

1 of 1 satisfactory. PA.V.A.K2c held up out loud.

Example sessionSYS_ID: CKR-0x7F3A
01

Set your mission

Rating, aircraft, home airport, weather and DPE persona.

02

Talk it through

A generous full ACS oral. Save and exit, then pick up where you left off.

03

See how you scored

Graded element by element, with the examiner's notes and study pointers.

04

Close the loop

Your debrief shows how each carried code held up. Pick any weak code for your next mock oral.

Flight school programs

Purchase student licenses or maintain a shared pool of practice sessions. Assign access by email and monitor cohort readiness without exposing individual student performance.

Student licenses

Assign unlimited or five-session access to individual students.

Bulk session pool

Purchase session packs and allocate credits across your roster as needed.

Rating-level readiness

Track aggregate ACS areas and tasks separately for each rating represented in your school-paid sessions.

Contact us about team access
School analytics
Private Pilot · school-paid sessions
Representative aggregate data
Sessions
42
Contributing students
18
Evaluated ACS items
812
Success rate
73%
Success rate trend
Satisfactory ACS evaluations by week
ACS area readiness
Satisfactory rate for this rating
Preflight Preparation76%
Preflight Procedures81%
Airport Operations79%
Cross-Country Planning68%
Emergency Operations67%
Weather62%
Result mix
812 aggregate evaluations
73%
Satisfactory
16%
Marginal
11%
Unsatisfactory
Highest deficiency tasks
Unsatisfactory or marginal evaluations
No student profiles or session details. Analytics appear only after the privacy minimum is met and include students who choose to contribute anonymized results.
Pricing

Priced per exam.
Pay for the one you're on.

FAQ

Questions pilots ask
before they pass.

Codes you miss in written prep, or get right without being able to explain, are added to your next mock oral as Recommended. If you've taken the FAA knowledge test, add the codes from your report and they're marked Required, so the examiner covers every one.
No. The live test's questions aren't public. Written prep serves the FAA's published sample questions, variations written from them, and original questions on the same knowledge. Each is tagged to an ACS code, the same codes your knowledge test report prints for anything you miss.
You buy written prep once per rating, and it covers every knowledge test that rating needs. Add oral credits in the same checkout and written prep costs less.
Absolutely not. Your CFI is irreplaceable for hands-on instruction, safety oversight, and the judgment that comes with experience. We simply give you a place to rehearse so time with your instructor is maximized.
The AI is tuned to real ACS standards, it has access to the latest FAR, POH, weather, A/FD and implements Agentic Search to keep information accurate and grounded. A separate evaluation system scores every answer so you know how a DPE would respond. No hallucinated airports or approaches.
Absolutely. You can drill down on specific ACS areas, focus on topics like weather or aerodynamics, or practice scenario-based questions until you are confident.
One session is one generous full ACS oral — not a short sitting or a single topic. The AI DPE grades you through the applicable ACS items one at a time, like the real thing. Save and exit to resume anytime. The exam picks up where you left off and does not use another credit. If you want to run the oral again from the beginning, revisit sections that went poorly, or cover the same areas with a different scenario, that is where multiple sessions are useful. You can start a new session that only covers what you want to redo, or rerun with different parameters like a tougher DPE or specific topics you want to be grilled on.
Sessions are encrypted and stored securely. Individual performance data never leaves your account. No personally associated data that could tie to you will be shared with flight schools, the FAA, or third parties. At best, flight schools can see anonymized aggregate area averages after enough students have enough sessions linked to their school, and that too only if you expressly opt-in to let them.

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