Originally Posted by
Bahamasflyer
Even your initial CFI one??
Isn't it almost a right of passage to bust that one on the first try??
I'm kind of joking, but kind of serious as well.
You might get away with one CFI bust with DAL (maybe even more if you had some sort of rock-star qualifications, like diversity). They seem to be screening for luck as much as talent, as far as training records.
But there is a Machiavellian motive for that... airlines know that one or two vs. zero checkride busts in general aviation days has essentially no predictive value as to your ability as a professional jet pilot years later... it's just statistical noise, aggravated by the wide variation in quality and consistency of training and checking in GA. But the public and the media don't know this, so airlines don't want a guy on staff whose record is going to look sensationally bad in a post-accident media-expose, or to the jury in the civil trial (ala Renslow).