Originally Posted by
nisx
Not trying to fuel the fire here... I think I have met one person who never failed a checkride. There is nothing wrong with failing, it happens. As for 3 speeding tickets being the max, I have seen otherwise. As far as 3 failures being a disqualification, I'm not so sure if that is true. Like many have said, its the big picture. If they like you they will hire you. Be yourself and tell the truth, the rest is up to company. Everyone seems to forget that the people behind the hiring are still people. One checkride or a speeding ticket is not automatically the end all.
This is very true, but right now with Eagle the 3 checkride failures or 3 tickets in the last 5 years is an automatic non interview. I feel in the near future when the applications fully dry up they will need to relax this.
Mason - It is an anomaly to PASS all checkrides the first time around. Especially when the CFI initial has as high as a 70-80% first time failure rate in some FSDO regions (Orlando being one of the highest at around 75% in 2007). Here is an article published on AOPA's Air safety institute that highlights this
Air Safety Institute Instructor Reports
Here is a powerpoint from the Orlando FSDO on the FAA's website -
www.faa.gov/about/office_org/field_offices/fsdo/orl/local_more/media/ppt/enlow.ppt
Not trying to beat a dead horse, but this makes it pretty apparent that MANY people fail at least one. No one should feel bad about failing one or two, but just dont make it a habit. It can come back to bite you when you are applying for jobs...
An instructors certificate is not a pilot license. Remove those from the statistics. It is entirely normal and expected for most pilots - especially where we are hiring such low time people - to have no failures.
A guy with 10 years and 20 PC's may have a bust here or there... For a new hire CMEL to have busts is NOT the norm.