this is quite the stretch to blame an examiner's negligence on the applicant, particularly with PPL candidates who have never even taken a checkride before. For nonexistent exams, sure, but what exactly do you think an applicant is supposed to do when they get an "easy" checkride? Where even is the bar for that? Nobody would ever tell a DPE to examine them again because that checkride was too easy. It isn't the applicant's job to determine how "easy" or "hard" an exam should be; that's the examiner's responsibility. Your claim assumes all of Puehler's applicants went to him because of his reputation, which, I find very hard to believe.