Originally Posted by
JamesNoBrakes
On the previous failure a few posts back, if the DPE assigned that task (XC flight planning) as your "teaching lesson", it could be a legitimate fail to just fill it out or simply "telling", that is going to depend on the circumstances. One subject is selected for you to teach from the PTS if I recall correctly, other selected subjects are to verify your instructional and technical knowledge, but only one is intended for you to "teach" in it's entirety. If that was it, that might have had something to do with it.
The PTS requires a "preflight lesson on a maneuver to be performed in flight" (teaching lesson) so you have to teach a maneuver. Since I did my CFII first, this is not a requirement for the "CFI Add-on". However, the PTS states Task II one of the options is "Navigation and Flight Planning", reading that requirement, I didnt do that, I should have pulled out the PTS and MADE SURE I covered everything in there. It is not the DPE's job to pull it out of you. I'll take the loss and move on, it would be easier to "blame" the DPE, but then what do I learn?