Ya, I have heard they do like to hammer on the FOI stuff and get the fail out of the way before moving on and figuring out what else to fail you on... but knowing that, i'll probably be spending a large amount of time on that subject.

Is the oral exam guide a good book for getting ready for the verbal? I've also got the Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge and Airplane Flying Handbook which I have already read through and highlighted some things I didnt know so much about... also for memorizing common errors on maneuvers, do you just have to hit the gyst of it or actually have all of the errors memorized (as opposed to just thinking of how a student could possibly mess up a... steep turn, per se)?

Thanks for the help guys, pretty nervous about this one...

PS. FOI = Fundamentals of Instruction