A New Way to Fail a CFI Ride
06-27-2007, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by PFGiardino
I could tell you, but then you'd know that my flight school is responsible for 90% of the whiners and phonies in the industry. 
I'm doing some fact finding now. I might take it to our standards department. There may have been powerlines there (structure), which voids my case. I get the point... at the CFI level, you need be on your toes. But it would be nice if I didn't have to retrain and go back again for something so trivial.
I'm doing some fact finding now. I might take it to our standards department. There may have been powerlines there (structure), which voids my case. I get the point... at the CFI level, you need be on your toes. But it would be nice if I didn't have to retrain and go back again for something so trivial.
I would request a meeting with the department head. Unfortunately, the paper work may have been submitted and thus you may be locked into a retest. As a former check airman, I know who would be doing a carpet dance in front of the boss had I done something similar. It would be ME, not you that would be up for some retraining.
But dumb. just real real dumb
06-27-2007, 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by beechbum
You seem to be giving up pretty easy for such a bogus failure.
06-27-2007, 06:47 PM
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Who is the DPE and what airport are they out of? Because everyone should stay away from BS like that. The DPE will figure out why they dont have any business after a while. Like an earlier poster said get in touch with the DPE's POI over at the FSDO.
06-27-2007, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by PFGiardino
There's only so much you can do. It's a stupid failure and it was the only thing I did wrong. Steep sprials and eights on pylons were satisfactory but "marginal" in his eyes (marginal still passes). I would have still failed even if I had done those two perfectly. However, since I am going for the recheck, he included steep spirals and eights on pylons on the unsatisfactory list. The more I think about it, the more proposterous it gets.
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