[exleardriver]

Originally Posted by moxiepilot

Your first CFI rating (CFI, CFII or MEI) will be done with the FSDO. Any additional rating can be accomplished with a DPE.

that's the way we do it here at the fsdo in little rock, however, i have read threads where in other parts of the country, faa inspectors are so busy that they will often 'farm out' cfi intials to local dpe's. salt lake city fsdo is one that comes to mind. prior to this i'd never heard of a dpe doing an initial ride.