Originally Posted by
TonyWilliams
b. No "training" during a sim checkride. For FO training, if during the checkride you screw up, the examiner can have you repeat the failed maneuver. Not in the captain checkride (although, I'll say that I know that this policy is selectively applied... I didn't get any "do-overs").
This is an FAA thing, not a company policy. I think TYPE rides have to be clean, the first time through. I might be confused, and it might have something to do with the ATP or the ATP+type ride combo.
I don't know of anyone who has been given a "re-train" on an upgrade ride.