I have an ATP and a Commercial ASEL so I would still have had to retake the ASEL ride.
Yea.



*Its still asinine.
Who determines if a candidate is ready for a checkride? The CFI that signs the logbook.
All these applicants have received the required training and demonstrated their skills.
An independent contractor is hired to verify.
The verification process lacked, doesn’t mean the training did.

I seriously doubt an instructor would run the risk of not providing any training and sending a candidate off to Santa.

Lets stop pretending this has any risk.
It doesn’t.
Zero.