Originally Posted by rickair7777

Failing out of 121 (or 135) training completely is going to make life hard for a while, but once you do get a job somewhere (probably a bottomfeeder) you can build experience and let the passage of time diminish the significance of the original failure. Just don't make any more mistakes.

What you DO NOT want to do is have a repetive history of 121 training failures and problems...this is why PRIA was created in the first place, and no airline will want the liability of your record. In the event an accident you'd be a plaintiff attorney's wet dream

Failing a checkride (or a part of a checkride) and having to repeat it should not be a big deal as long as you don't make a habit of it.

Also avoid failing your initial upgrade/ATP checkride at a regional. People understand how new-hire FO's can be overwhelmed by the new environment, but an upgrade should know what he's getting into...a failure in that case would be assumed to be lack of innate ability or work ethics.