Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Somebody who has passed 20 checkrides and busted one along the way probably had a bad day.
Somebody who takes multiple attempts to pass one checkride probably just got lucky the day he passed.
1-2 checkride busts can happen to almost anyone...but at some point more failures than that really starts to become difficult to rationalize. Maybe the person has aptitude and just took a while to dial in his attitude...but most folks get their attitude fixed after the first failure.
Eventually you start to suspect a lack of aptitude, which cannot be fixed or a more serious attitude problem.
Is eagle too picky? Probably so, although I heard they loosened up a little recently.
But should Renslow have been a 121 CA? I don't think so. You have to draw the line somewhere...repetitive checkrides until you get lucky makes no sense.
In my case I had a good friend take the same check ride with the same examiner only to also be failed twice. AFAIK he hasn't passed anybody on their CFI rides with him. so that's two checkrides a person for the last few years. At some point who's fault is it?