Originally Posted by
fastforward
Just on basic instrument skills or what? That's really disappointing to get that far and wash out, even after extra sim sessions...
Study, get prepared, and take it seriously and you will be fine. When I went to AQP a while back the APD was doing a recheck on some guy that had failed his initial ride. Dude shows up and didn't even have his paperwork filled out. Needless to say the APD and Check Airman that was his seat fill were pretty ****ed. Not a good way to start a checkride when you already failed once. So just because someone else fails doesn't mean its unbearably hard. It usually means they weren't prepared so take it FWIW.