Originally Posted by
sigep_nm
Serious question, how much of that was training for an EXAMINER, and how much was it training for a rating. This is not a spite or a joke, but a serious question. It happens more than you think
I do take that question seriously, and I do know how much it actually happens. At ATP they definitely train and require you to have the knowledge and be able to perform to the PTS. That being said, they let you know what the examiner will be looking for specifically. Certain people were sticklers for airspeed on steep turns, certain people liked you to say "Checklist complete" at the end of each checklist, etc, etc. And the examiners aren't fools either, they can tell as well as you or I who knows their stuff and who doesn't. They strongly discouraged "Gouge Training" but there are so many people and so few examiners that it isn't too difficult to figure out a certain examiner's style.
How was that for clear as mud?