Ah, thanks.
The way I read that, I would not be eligible to fly a HP aircraft since I'm not that old...I mean I don't meet the 1997 requirement and I haven't taken a .293 check ride in Category.
Paragraphs F (i) and (ii) state "authorized instructor" which has historically meant a CFI (or Check Airman) since there's no Mil-Comp transitivity.
Again, I get the logic, but having done so many .293 and .297 check rides over the years now I've learned to be TOO literal with the regs. Chuck if you have a FSDO letter or something else that that DPE you mentioned provided, I'd be curious to see it.