Originally Posted by
QRH Bingo
If you want some honest and straightforward advice from a bunch of internet strangers you need to provide additional details as to why you were given a notice of disapproval for each checkride & bust. It would also help to know your age, background, and yes, how is your English? Have you struggled in your primary education thru high school / college?
What was your confidence level going into these checkride? Were you pressured into them because that's the schedule of your big box school (license mill) with zero flexibility?
Simply stating you have failed 5 times without providing any details makes it difficult to provide accurate feedback. My statements & questions are not intended to be rude but rather blunt. You have passed up anything being sugar coated a few failures ago.
I had 2 failures on PPL and 3 failures(1 oral, 2 flights) on instrument.. and waiting for instrument recheck. But I don't know if I should keep going or stop here.. Would I even have a chance to be hired at any aviation field in the future? part 135 or 91 at least? Please give me any honest advices.
Thanks.
PPL failure
- Left oil cap open and started engine. DPE stopped right away.
- Failed on a forward slip. Airspeed was too low and almost hit a stall speed. DPE got a control.
IR failure
- Misuderstood DPE clearance. DPE was acting as a ATC. Clearance was to fly out runway head up to 3000 and 5000 after 10 mins. I was told by DPE to request a tower for south bound before take off. Once we reached 2000ft the tower said south turn approved. I instantly turn to south because I assumed the tower has a priority over DPE clearance.
- ILS approach was good and I was told to go missed. After missed, i forgot to retract the flaps.
- School could not find a DPE so it passed 60 days from the first checkride. I had to take a whole checkride. I failed on an oral even if I passed the first time.