I'm glad to see this thread has been brought back up. Unfortunately, I busted my 1st recurrent PC a few days ago, and am really beginning to get nervous about the recheck. For what it's worth, the Captain busted too.

I've never failed a checkride before, and I've been flying for nearly 13 years. Been flying 121 for a year. I take complete responsibility for my mistakes and for not doing a better job of preparing in advance.

My questions is......do the instructors discuss issues amongst themselves about the pilots who bust? I mean, when I go in for my recheck, will the instructor be knowledgable about the mistakes I made? If so, do you think it causes pre-conceived notions about how the recheck will go? I want to be given a clean slate on the recheck.

By the way, I thought the instructor was fair and did what he needed to do. I take total blame for this.