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Old 03-20-2012 | 12:47 PM
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If you are a pilot who failed some checkrides, it does not matter that you actually passed them (because otherwise you would not have you licenses).
You are grounded for life, you need to change your career and forget about flying.

Is this the same America where the school system does not let my wife (primary school teacher) grade kids below a certain percentage? Which means no matter how bad one kid does, he/she will never get less than the minimum to pass the test/work. This is done so kids don't have to face failure, "Oh my God how are we gonna fail the kid, they all should have the same opportunities and chances in life".
I am against this. I believe one should have the chance to fail. However, I also believe one should have the chance to succeed.

On a checkride you have to demonstrate you meet certain standards, if you make a mistake (are we not humans?) then you have to re-train and re-take the checkride to demonstrate you have met those standard. Right?
The important thing is that at some point YOU DID MEET THE STANDARDS.

Wait, so if you failed a checkride it tells the airline you are applying for that at some point in the past you did not meet the standards? SHOCKER!!! No one ever met the standards at birth, hence the fact that you failed checkrides does not tell the company anything they didn't already know. The important fact is that, since you have your license/ratings, you DID pass the checkride.

Apparently pilots are not human, they can't fail. If you are a pilot and fail the first time you take a test/ride, it does not matter that you passed it the second time, you obviously are not a real pilot since pilot's can't fail, you are just a human who dreams about flying and there's no place for you in aviation.

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan
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