Originally Posted by
Xdashdriver
The FAA conducts ongoing oversight activities of all air carrier training programs. When they identify specific issues in an airline's program, they work with the air carrier to address the issues. Having "too high" of a pass rate is not a problem in and of itself and they certainly don't look for ways to increase the failure rate if there are no underlying issues.
Correct, but look at it in the micro-sense. Sim check airmen don't want to be put under the scope for being too "lenient" either. It surely does happen. Not a conspiracy theory, but human nature.