To say that our Airbus instructors or examiners are out to get people is ludicrous. While we certainly have some people instructing that have no business instructing and the program in general is chaotic, people do not fail the type ride for any reason other than their own mistakes.
There are certain people, as was alluded to above, that were likely to have issues during training, and they have. There are other people who just have a momentary lapse in judgement or skill and fail the ride. It’s a part 61 ride and requires 100% completion with no retrains. That’s not on the APD...
Now, we can talk about leadership and have a nice conversation about needed changes.