A little off topic, but this checkride issue is being presented a little too simplistically. No body has mentioned that in 135/121 operations that captains take checkrides every 6 months. It's different when somebody has taken 70 writtens/orals/practicals over 20 years and failed 4 of those evaluations when compared to somebody who failed 4 of 10 in 3 years.

Better open up those 141 training folders. Those will become part of PRIA, next. Also, the structure of the 121 is (until Congress tells us otherwise) is much more rigid/structured than inital private-CFI training. The practical test standards is suppose to make everything, well, standardized, but they don't. There is way too much subjectivity in the evals. One poster mentioned FL DPEs in the mid-90s who failed people so they could charge again for the re-test. Heck even the POIs aren't standardized.

One THAT point, this latest prclaimation be the FAA that "we must insure those little regionals are complying with our training regulations." I assume it will be the same POIs who approved and monitored their programs. The same ones who would get in trouble IF something was found. Sad. As Colgan management commented time and time again. Their program complied with the FAA guidance. Hello? The FAA is the problem. When they lower the bar, that lower standard will be achieved because it's CHEAPER!

I'll kick the soap box to the side, now. Good day, all.