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Originally Posted by mikecweb  You'll hear rumours like this all the time. It basically originates from a "know it all" that failed. And their excuse....They make you know everything now. Don't worry yourself into failing and having the excuse of well it was next to impossible to pass. Remember you are trying to be able to sign people off for checkrides. Your attitude needs to reflect that. If you are scared out of your mind about checkrides, how confident will your students be?
We had a case of checkairmen here at Riddle that "everyone failed" with. Then there were other guys labled as easy. Turns out they had the same pass rate. Just the big mouths that "shoulda passed" that didn't created a big fuss about it.
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Its not a rumor. I've seen very competent pilots bust for absolutely ridiculous things. I don't mean to discourage anyone, but don't put too much pressure on yourself. If you bust, just keep trying and you'll eventually get it.
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Originally Posted by subpilot If the question is in the PTS then it is fair game. If the question was not in the PTS then I would ask the examiner to please show me what task he was currently on so that I could follow along. If he can't tell you the task then it is an illegal question and you don't have to answer it. |
That's an excellent way to bust a ride. Don't even mention the PTS. Just do what they ask. If you don't know, you don't know, just move on. Thre are a lot of inspectors that think they are God and if you try to imply that you know the PTS better than they do, they WILL take it personally. Nobody is perfect and they WILL find something that is in the PTS that you didn't satisfy. And its their word against yours.
BTW I passed my CFI ride on the first try. It was mostly luck.