Originally Posted by
Rascal
Ha ha!!!!
I went to riddle and graduated with 3.9 GPA not because I am a genius, but because the classes were beyond easy. The only hard thing about that useless school was the flight training and not because some people just can't fly but because most of riddle "check airman" were on a power trip. Most likely that type of behavior was a way to make the students feel like they are getting what they are paying for. I only failed one checkride in my life and that was with Bruno Vivaldi (I am sure you know who he is). He failed me for being 11 knots fast on my chandelle on my CFI ride(I did not even know that C172 has such an accurate gouge). I left riddle couple years ago and started instructing and I can tell you that none my students have ever failed their rides for something as stupid as that. So dream on and keep thinking that kind of BS make you a better pilot and that it is worth 150k. I work a regional and I can't tell people where I went to college because they will think that either an idiot a rich kid that thinks he is God's gift to aviation I used to believe the hype as well...
Be sure to recount this tale in your next airline interview. "Yes I have failed a checkride, but it wasn't because I exceeded the parameters of the PTS, which I did, it was because the check airman was a tool and on a power trip. He really should have let me try it again or let me slide on the PTS" That should go over real well. If you were as hot as your post seems to suggest you think you are you wouldn't have been close enough to the edge of the standard to allow the "tool" to call you on it. If you have a problem with failing a check ride after exceeding the standard then I have a real easy solution for you..... fly a better maneuver.
