ezDPE

Practical Tests

The FAA has granted Robin Leabman the following Practical Tests on his Certified Letter of Authorization (CLOA)

Airplane

Single-Engine Land

Private, Instrument, Commercial

Multi-Engine Land

Private, Instrument, Commercial, ATP

Instructor (Add-Ons)

CFI, CFII, MEI

Administrative

Fee Policy

BASIC LEVEL - $1000

Private, Instrument, Commercial

ADVANCED LEVEL - $1500

Multi-Engine Rating

CFI, CFII, MEI (Add-Ons)

MASTER LEVEL - $2000

ATP (AMEL)

CFI Initial (Coming in 2026)

ADMINISTRATIVE - $300

Ground Instructor - $200

CFI Recency - $200

Continuances and Re-Tests are $500

Except FULL retests (Oral & Flight)

Travel Fees

+ $0

Practical Tests conducted at WHP or VNY

+ $200

Practical Tests conducted outside WHP or VNY, but within the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

+ $500

Practical Tests conducted outside the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

See Availability

NOTAMS

Warnings, Cautions, and Alerts

⚠️ Attention ⚠️

This "NOTAMs" section is for urgent communications. Please check it every time you visit ezDPE.com. There could always be messages here that could apply to you and your practical test.

All bookings require a minimum 24-hour advanced notice with the faa.

11-01-2025: Do NOT book with me in an attempt to test sooner if you are already booked with another DPE for a later date. This is unprofessional and will not be tolerated. If this applies to you, please cancel our booking and stick with your prior arrangements.

New (slightly) Interactive Calendar: I played around with some coding and found a way to integrate an Apple iCloud Calendar into the ezDPE website. The schedule is now fully "active" in the sense that it immediately updates when I schedule a booking on my Apple devices.

The READY LIST has Moved to the Calendar and Displayed on the 1st of the Month.

November Scheduling: The "Ready, Set, Go" experiment went very well in October. The schedule was only filled by applicants who were 100% ready for their tests. Plus, the backlog has been cleared! Let's keep this going in November. When you call me to assert you are ready, you might be going in as little as 24-48 hours, or a week, or two weeks.

When we book your test date and time, please complete the fillable Applicant Info PDF and send it back to me. I need this information to submit the FAA Pre-Approval and prep my paperwork for your test.

Private, Instrument, and Commercial Applicants: Please go to the Downloads page and select the Pretest Checklist packet for the test you will be taking, print it, read it, and carefully complete every section in the lead-up to your test. **There are three cross-country scenarios in each packet. Select one to plan for the test.**

Availability

Availability Released the Last Week of Every Month. Schedule changes may occur daily, and the calendar will be updated in real-time. Test times are communicated via the calendar.

Call-When-Ready Booking Policy

The Call-When-Ready Booking Policy ensures you take your Practical Test when you are FULLY READY to take your test. When you are ready, please reference the calendar below to see availability. You might be testing as soon as 48 hours to about 15 days out, so ONLY BOOK WHEN YOU ARE READY!!!

MonthLY Outlook

The calendar is slightly interactive, but is fully responsive to your screen size. The bigger the screen, the more you see. On a phone, it looks best in landscape (horizontal). I'll continue to innovate and make improvements on it.

Call or Text to Schedule:

Robin Leabman

DPE

Background

Robin Leabman started flying at the age of 14 back in 1990, and acquired his Private Pilot and Instrument Rating in high school. Robin instructed all ratings, including Glider, Tailwheel, and Towplane while in college. Throughout his aviation career, Robin has flown freight, air ambulance, global ferrying, charter, corporate, and the airlines. He holds type ratings for LR-JET, GLF4, GLF5, G280, B757, B767, and the L-39 Albatross.

Robin holds all Airplane, Helicopter, and Glider instructor ratings. He holds ATP in ASEL, AMEL, and Helicopter. He also holds ASES and AMES at the Commercial level, though he plans to "Level Up" both of those to ATP within the next year.

Robin is proud to be a pilot, instructor, and board member for The Pink Jet.

Fun fact: To date, Robin has taken more than 30 FAA practical tests.

Challenge Coins

Collect your Challenge Coins every time you Level Up

Show Your Aviation Soul

with Challenge Coins

Robin has partnered with Aviation Soul to introduce their challenge coins to a pilot when they pass their practical test.
Show Off Your Level Up

Each successful checkride not only results in a piece of paper good for 120 days, but also a complimentary challenge coin appropriate to the certificate or rating you just accomplished, and lasts for life.
Challenge Coins for ALL

Certificates and Ratings

Aviation Soul has designed and minted challenge coins for all possible certificates and ratings, from sUAS to ATP, and everything in between!
Collect Them All

Every time you Level Up with Robin Leabman, you will receive a new challenge coin to add to your collection.