Originally Posted by
Mason32
Prior to the difficulty dome regionals are having filling classes, you would not have been considered with busts.
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To answer your question. Yes, it does make you more of a risk than the guy/gal with no busts getting the same licenses and ratings.
Hopefully I'll be as great as you are some day. How many checkrides have you taken recently? If you're an airline pilot, you do one every 6-12 months. That equates to a checkride every 400 or 800 hours roughly.
If this guy went the traditional civillian route, he's done anywhere from 3 to 7 checkrides in under 1000TT.
Furthermore, you have no idea WHY he failed those two rides. Did the examiner get upset because he couldn't tell exactly what type of class E airspace he was in, or did he try to takeoff without a clearance?
I'm actually quite surprised to see a pilot turn his back on a fellow airman with 2 busts. That sounds more like something that somebody in HR would arbitrarily decide.