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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 - $1500

Private

ADVANCED LEVEL - $1500

Instrument Rating

Commercial, Multi-Engine,

CFII & MEI (Add-Ons)

MASTER LEVEL - $2500

ATP (AMEL)

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

+ Hotel Cost (if required)

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

+ $500 + Hotel

Practical Tests conducted outside the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

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

FEES: Effective February 1st 2026 all tests (except ATP) are $1500. This price increase matches higher fees that nearly all other Southern California DPE's are charging, plus a premium. The premium reflects my availability being within two weeks of my acknowledgment of your test request.

IFR and CFII Tests: This fee increase is also in response to the increased difficulty in conducting IFR and CFII tests in our congested and understaffed airspace. Due to this, all IFR and CFII tests may occur at night. YOU MUST BE NIGHT PIC CURRENT!!!

SCHEDULING: The "Availability" section of this website is renamed SCHEDULE. The calendar no longer displays my availability.

Anyone who is already booked, confirmed, and on my standby list will be honored the original test fees.

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.**

SCHEDULE

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 reach out (texting is preferable and fastest) to begin the booking process. You might be testing as soon as 24-48 hours to about 15 days out, so ONLY BOOK WHEN YOU ARE READY!!!

This calendar displays your scheduled test, location, and time. It does NOT show availability.

The calendar is 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.

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.