Originally Posted by
tmontana6
Aside this guy excuses and completely wrong attitude about his failures, after 3000 hours of given instruction in GA and a couple hundred in a 142 center I’m really amazing how easy some of you judge 5 checkrides failures considering this guy useless or not cut to be a pilot.
I have many experiences about guys with no failures unable to complete a single engine ILS approach, feathering wrong engine, panicking in an engine cut…etc. I saw 757 senior captains mistaken the loc frequency and therefore approaching to the wrong runway, and 320 TRI turning to wrong side in a hold, etc… Also I remember several guys with 5- 6 failures in their records with an incredible flying skills, decision making, good attitude and I wondered what happened in their checkrides…..
Failures don’t mean too much, especially when it came from South Florida FSDO… one of the worst and shameful in the nation, having DPE with a very questionable judgment and integrity.
I would love to fly with some of those perfect pilots who have commented that this guy doesn’t fit for pilot because the failures. I would be amazed if after 17 instructional years you show me a perfect ride with no errors at all.
It's possible that a young, inexperienced person could get caught up in a bad situation in part 91 and rack up a bunch of failures... general aviation (including 141 to a degree) is pretty inconsistent. With some experience, that person might be a great pilot.
It's also possible that someone with multiple failures just sucks. "Checkride-itis" is unfornuayely not a valid excuse, because employers need pilots who can not only fly safe but also complete training events in a timely and cost effective manner. Honestly a lot of them hire for the later criteria, and "assume" that completion of training will then correlate to safe pilot.
Employers don't know which you are, and they are not required to give anyone a "fair shake", so they'll typically move on to other candidates whose records don't pose an analytical dilemma.
Bottom line, it doesn't matter how good a pilot you are, or will become, a big part of the game you're playing is to keep your nose clean.