I was giving an example of what an unjust bust could be. I never said I know anyone who was busted for that.

I agree that it isn't difficult. I believe I even said it in one of my posts. But part of it depends on who trains or checks you. Because like the other guy said, not everyone is on the same page. Some check airmen are easy and let you re-do multiple items on an ATP/Type ride (I never heard of that). Like my partner who busted FAR and airplane limitations and still passed. When it happened, I was like "uh oh!" and thought he would drop the sim. Others are by the book. Some instructors walked in all ****ed off about something (probably just got turned down by delta) and might just sign you off for checkride knowing you wont pass. You will be naive to think everyone is professional.

To pitchtrim, what happened to Hoeper was exactly that. He ****ed off somebody (consciously or unconsciously) in the tng dept and next thing he knew, he was busting checkride with company checkairman but when it was adminstered by the FAA, he passed! He was obviously competent, so why was he failing company adminstered checks?