Originally Posted by
CAPILOTAIN
That's like telling a cop hes wrong. Youll, be right only if he doesn't get ****ed. I had a student go for his CFII as an initial and the examiner failed him on the preflight (aircraft walk around). When they got back to fill out the pink slip, the examiner couldn't find the PTS reference (since there wasn't one) for the task that was insufficient. The DPE called his buddy manager at the FSDO and they agreed that this was a failable item and just to write something in.
Checklist usage is an item that is included in the CFII PTS.