Originally Posted by
BoredwLife
It is a UND policy that USAT goes in the logbook. I think it is a good policy at that. If there was no unsat in your logbook when the records check came through it had to be corrected.
That's an insanely stupid policy. "unsat" isn't even a real term in the eyes of the FAA. There's no point in logging anything you aren't required to in your logbook and there is absolutely no requirement to log an UNSAT. ****ed off would not even begin to describe what I would be if I found out that a school I was attending had altered my logbook to reflect "unsat" on a lesson. It's MY logbook, not the school's.
As for this issue. I would (and ALWAYS HAVE) report any EOC failure but don't bother with any of the stage checks. I failed my EOC multi-comm-inst ride, always explained it and everytime I mentioned it the person in the interview blew me off and said "How about any checkrides at a 121 or 135 carrier?"
Sure, you can report it... it will likely be blown off like you experienced. At my school (part 61 and 141), we follow the same syllabus for both types of students. We have other CFIs do EOC and progress checks for part 61 students too. If someone doesn't do as well as they could have, then they get some additional training before they take the checkride.
No reason to possibly tank someone's career by putting something negative in their logbook. It's the same reason the FAA tells us not to mention an unsucessful BFR attempt, just log it as training.