Originally Posted by
C152driver
I have heard that in some FSDO's the failure rate for the initial CFI is even higher than that. The Orlando FSDO is one that I hear about the most.
When I took my CFI initial there in 99 the fail rate was 82%! At that time no DE's were allowed to do it and you could plan on a serious ball busting event at the FSDO. I had a fantastic instructor and the examiner happened to ask me 4.5 hrs of stuff I could answer!