Atlanta FSDO has a reputation for failing 88% the first time around on the CFI initial. I have heard this figure repeatedly over the years from people who took it here. I personally knew a few who passed the first time around, and they were what I would call exceptional. To date I have never seen any proof, so it amounts to hearsay. There is no by FSDO breakdown of pass/fail rates on the FAA website. I wrote to the FAA by email a few months back and asked for a breakdown and got no reply. As a rumor, it rings true with what you hear about FSDOs by and large except a little worse. You can access overall pass/fail rates for CFI initials on the FAA website but it stops short of breakdown by FSDO or differentiating between first try and pink slip certificates. I suspect they do not want the public to know what it is despite keeping tabs on it.

I would have gone for my CFI over a year ago if not for the failure rate around here discouraging it and due to workload I have not had the time to devote to it. Don't want my first pink slip after all my other successful checkrides.

Also, the Atlanta AllATPs location sends all its initials to Florida.