That's a BS statement. There are plenty of crappy CFI's out there who don't know their backside from a hole in the ground and don't teach their students crap before signing them off. Plus, you know as well as I do that in aviation (as in many things in life) there is more than one way to skin a cat. I have seen people bust checkrides because the examiner didn't like the way they did things but they were taught that way by their CFI. If there are pilots out there with a clean, unblemished checkride record then more power to them. Howeveer, I think those pilots are an exception to the norm and a lot of pilots have more than one bust.