Originally Posted by
frmrdashtrash
Your only valid point is PRIA, and my experience showed (admittedly it's dated) that is you avoid acting as if you know everything in training, prepare yourself, and can fly a six pack that successfully passing the checkride is not impossible.
There was a time that I would have agreed with you, but events like the one I posted about a few days ago (
link) have changed my mind. I only shared a portion of that story for anonymity reasons, but the pilot in question was the very model of the attitude you describe and did nothing to earn or provoke the abuse he got from JK.