Originally Posted by
Nyflier
The problem is after the oral, the applicant has 90 days to complete the sim checkride. Otherwise, they would have to do it all over again. The oral "expires" in a sense, so if they know they can't get them to the sim, they won't schedule the oral.
...or maybe it's 60 days...I can't remember which. Either way, there is a time limit as to how long they have to get the sim done.