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06-29-2021, 06:26 AM
#1051
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Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: 767 Captain
Posts: 3,988
Originally Posted by USMCFDX
I pretty much agree - but the question I would have is how will they handle the 75 flying? Just put a 76 on those legs?
The HKG guys and gals are dual qualified so they can fly both obviously for market reasons. What is interesting is the company has not chosen to dual qual the Cologne pilots and instead dead heads Memphis 76 pilots to Europe to fly the 76 intra Europe flying.
The HKG guys and gals are dual qualified so they can fly both obviously for market reasons. What is interesting is the company has not chosen to dual qual the Cologne pilots and instead dead heads Memphis 76 pilots to Europe to fly the 76 intra Europe flying.
07-05-2021, 06:30 PM
#1052
New Hire
Joined APC: Jul 2021
Posts: 5
I failed my checkride today
Today, is a sad day and I am looking for advice. I prepared as much as I could but fell 80ft short of the threshold for my short field landing and thus failed, I performed every other maneuver perfectly I was told and scored high on the knowledge section, anyways I failed and I'm concerned if I continue with my training my job prospects at FedEx might be slim especially if I would receive another failure in the many checkrides yet to come, can someone please tell me if someone is to fail there LAST maneuver on their checkride if it's looked at any different than any other failure and if I could get some opinions on how this could affect my future Career with purple, wish you all the best
07-05-2021, 06:47 PM
#1053
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Position: FO
Posts: 3,032
Originally Posted by FDX4life
Today, is a sad day and I am looking for advice. I prepared as much as I could but fell 80ft short of the threshold for my short field landing and thus failed, I performed every other maneuver perfectly I was told and scored high on the knowledge section, anyways I failed and I'm concerned if I continue with my training my job prospects at FedEx might be slim especially if I would receive another failure in the many checkrides yet to come, can someone please tell me if someone is to fail there LAST maneuver on their checkride if it's looked at any different than any other failure and if I could get some opinions on how this could affect my future Career with purple, wish you all the best
07-05-2021, 06:51 PM
#1054
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Joined APC: Feb 2018
Posts: 106
Originally Posted by BlueMoon
You will be fine. Just relax and pass the retake. Plenty of people have had great careers after failing a check ride. Obviously, don’t make a habit of failing check rides, but one or two isn’t going to ruin your chances.
Also, totally wrong thread.
07-06-2021, 05:28 PM
#1055
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Joined APC: Jul 2019
Posts: 142
Originally Posted by FDX4life
Today, is a sad day and I am looking for advice. I prepared as much as I could but fell 80ft short of the threshold for my short field landing and thus failed, I performed every other maneuver perfectly I was told and scored high on the knowledge section, anyways I failed and I'm concerned if I continue with my training my job prospects at FedEx might be slim especially if I would receive another failure in the many checkrides yet to come, can someone please tell me if someone is to fail there LAST maneuver on their checkride if it's looked at any different than any other failure and if I could get some opinions on how this could affect my future Career with purple, wish you all the best
07-07-2021, 09:34 PM
#1056
New Hire
Joined APC: Jul 2021
Posts: 5
Checkride reevaluation
As stated before I was considered the most well prepared and performed the best by the DPE who examined me for my PPL, but I still landed a little short of his indicted mark I also asked right after the manuvers if I could try and perform the manuver correctly with no luck, should I consider getting a reevaluation knowing that I can perform all the manuver correctly many times over. Not trying to make excuses but I want to have another opinion on the failure it self. It's hard for me to understand that I failed when I performed and executed so well on every other part of the ckeckride that an unperfect landing could not be retried.
07-08-2021, 03:35 AM
#1057
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Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: 767 Captain
Posts: 3,988
Originally Posted by FDX4life
As stated before I was considered the most well prepared and performed the best by the DPE who examined me for my PPL, but I still landed a little short of his indicted mark I also asked right after the manuvers if I could try and perform the manuver correctly with no luck, should I consider getting a reevaluation knowing that I can perform all the manuver correctly many times over. Not trying to make excuses but I want to have another opinion on the failure it self. It's hard for me to understand that I failed when I performed and executed so well on every other part of the ckeckride that an unperfect landing could not be retried.
I busted a T-38 formation checkride in UPT. I went a mile outside the MOA while leading another student in a turning rejoin at 300 knots. 1 mile roughly every 12 seconds. Sh!t happened fast and I was just trying to be a steady platform for him, it was only a mile, the little DME analog drum barely clicked over, everything else on the checkride was perfect........blah, blah, blah. I failed. Simple. But I still got an F-15 out of pilot training, still got hired at United and FedEx. Because I learned from it, didn't whine about it, had a good attitude and solid skills.
It might be 10 years and dozens of checkrides until you get your dream job at FedEx. Work hard and make this the only failure you have to talk about during your interview and it will be a non-event. Keep whining about it and dwelling on the past and you'll probably set yourself up for more failures - then you really will have a problem.
07-08-2021, 10:51 AM
#1058
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Joined APC: Jul 2021
Posts: 5
Thank you
Originally Posted by Adlerdriver
Welcome to aviation. You don't get to go find a "second opinion" on a busted checkride. Stop using euphemisms like "a little short" or "unperfect landing". You failed. It doesn't matter if everything else was perfect. There are standards. You either meet them and pass or you don't and you fail. You're getting advice from pilots here trying to help, so take it. Own your failure, take lessons away from it, be ready to talk about them and how you used them to avoid a repeat of the same mistake in the future. But ultimately, just put it behind you and move on. I'd say you're lucky it was the last event on your checkride. If it had come earlier in the profile, it sounds like you may have done what many do and been unable to move past a poorly executed event further digging a hole for the rest of the ride.
I busted a T-38 formation checkride in UPT. I went a mile outside the MOA while leading another student in a turning rejoin at 300 knots. 1 mile roughly every 12 seconds. Sh!t happened fast and I was just trying to be a steady platform for him, it was only a mile, the little DME analog drum barely clicked over, everything else on the checkride was perfect........blah, blah, blah. I failed. Simple. But I still got an F-15 out of pilot training, still got hired at United and FedEx. Because I learned from it, didn't whine about it, had a good attitude and solid skills.
It might be 10 years and dozens of checkrides until you get your dream job at FedEx. Work hard and make this the only failure you have to talk about during your interview and it will be a non-event. Keep whining about it and dwelling on the past and you'll probably set yourself up for more failures - then you really will have a problem.
I busted a T-38 formation checkride in UPT. I went a mile outside the MOA while leading another student in a turning rejoin at 300 knots. 1 mile roughly every 12 seconds. Sh!t happened fast and I was just trying to be a steady platform for him, it was only a mile, the little DME analog drum barely clicked over, everything else on the checkride was perfect........blah, blah, blah. I failed. Simple. But I still got an F-15 out of pilot training, still got hired at United and FedEx. Because I learned from it, didn't whine about it, had a good attitude and solid skills.
It might be 10 years and dozens of checkrides until you get your dream job at FedEx. Work hard and make this the only failure you have to talk about during your interview and it will be a non-event. Keep whining about it and dwelling on the past and you'll probably set yourself up for more failures - then you really will have a problem.
07-08-2021, 04:49 PM
#1059
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Joined APC: Aug 2012
Posts: 670
Originally Posted by Adlerdriver
Welcome to aviation. You don't get to go find a "second opinion" on a busted checkride. Stop using euphemisms like "a little short" or "unperfect landing". You failed. It doesn't matter if everything else was perfect. There are standards. You either meet them and pass or you don't and you fail. You're getting advice from pilots here trying to help, so take it. Own your failure, take lessons away from it, be ready to talk about them and how you used them to avoid a repeat of the same mistake in the future. But ultimately, just put it behind you and move on. I'd say you're lucky it was the last event on your checkride. If it had come earlier in the profile, it sounds like you may have done what many do and been unable to move past a poorly executed event further digging a hole for the rest of the ride.
I busted a T-38 formation checkride in UPT. I went a mile outside the MOA while leading another student in a turning rejoin at 300 knots. 1 mile roughly every 12 seconds. Sh!t happened fast and I was just trying to be a steady platform for him, it was only a mile, the little DME analog drum barely clicked over, everything else on the checkride was perfect........blah, blah, blah. I failed. Simple. But I still got an F-15 out of pilot training, still got hired at United and FedEx. Because I learned from it, didn't whine about it, had a good attitude and solid skills.
It might be 10 years and dozens of checkrides until you get your dream job at FedEx. Work hard and make this the only failure you have to talk about during your interview and it will be a non-event. Keep whining about it and dwelling on the past and you'll probably set yourself up for more failures - then you really will have a problem.
I busted a T-38 formation checkride in UPT. I went a mile outside the MOA while leading another student in a turning rejoin at 300 knots. 1 mile roughly every 12 seconds. Sh!t happened fast and I was just trying to be a steady platform for him, it was only a mile, the little DME analog drum barely clicked over, everything else on the checkride was perfect........blah, blah, blah. I failed. Simple. But I still got an F-15 out of pilot training, still got hired at United and FedEx. Because I learned from it, didn't whine about it, had a good attitude and solid skills.
It might be 10 years and dozens of checkrides until you get your dream job at FedEx. Work hard and make this the only failure you have to talk about during your interview and it will be a non-event. Keep whining about it and dwelling on the past and you'll probably set yourself up for more failures - then you really will have a problem.
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