Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I would tell them that you should have called in sick, and assure them that you most certainly WOULD have called in sick if it was line flying vice sim. Hopefully they will consider that a lesson learned.
Everybody else pay attention...in our lawyer and media driven world, a history of training failures may scare employers. Treat each training event as though your career depends on it (at least until you get hired by your career-destination airline). Prepare thoroughly and show up well rested, well fed, and alert. Call in sick if you have stuff on your mind.
I would think employers would see this as a good learning experience for a pilot. If this was multiple failures over several years that is a red flag. Yes he failed twice, but it was the same event and he hasn't had anything else happen since. Thats just my take though, I'm not sure how majors would look at it.