How do I recover from a busted checkride?
10-09-2007, 02:21 PM
#11
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Joined APC: Jul 2007
Posts: 193
There are always several data points in the hiring decision. You have a good chance of continuing your flying career.
In econ class they define "willing" and "able"
There is no shortage of "able"
There is a shortage of "willing"
As long as you are willing to work long hours for low pay; be gone from home over 50% of your life, you will find a job.
If you're happy with that you have achieved some measure of success.
Good luck to you.
In econ class they define "willing" and "able"
There is no shortage of "able"
There is a shortage of "willing"
As long as you are willing to work long hours for low pay; be gone from home over 50% of your life, you will find a job.
If you're happy with that you have achieved some measure of success.
Good luck to you.
10-10-2007, 05:56 AM
#13
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: A-320
Posts: 6,929
Originally Posted by FlyJSH
Thanks to you all, lots of great info.
Rickair -- yeah, I know I need to get back into the multi.... it was just the Caravan folks were the only folks who were willing to overlook a bust only a month prior.
Short Bus - Love the Colgan comment (land of misfit pilots).... sounds like my kinda place... and I have an interview (face to face, not just phone) later this month...
Thanks again
Rickair -- yeah, I know I need to get back into the multi.... it was just the Caravan folks were the only folks who were willing to overlook a bust only a month prior.
Short Bus - Love the Colgan comment (land of misfit pilots).... sounds like my kinda place... and I have an interview (face to face, not just phone) later this month...
Thanks again
10-10-2007, 08:12 AM
#14
Piper Commander
Joined APC: Aug 2006
Position: PA44 - Right
Posts: 302
Originally Posted by chignutsak
Eagle would not even interview a buddy of mine who had washed out of a 'major' regional's training program.
10-10-2007, 09:47 AM
#15
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Joined APC: Feb 2005
Position: Lazy-boy Captain
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Hell, I busted one checkride!
Every checkride I have ever taken I always
say this.
" If I learn something in the checkride than it was a success"
I have busted 1 checkride with the FAA on the other side of the desk.
What did I learn from that? Don't take your checkrides from the FAA.
Don't feel bad for very long, study up, talk to your friends about
how their ride went, dust yourself off and keep going.
Life is just a series of learning curves.
say this.
" If I learn something in the checkride than it was a success"
I have busted 1 checkride with the FAA on the other side of the desk.
What did I learn from that? Don't take your checkrides from the FAA.
Don't feel bad for very long, study up, talk to your friends about
how their ride went, dust yourself off and keep going.
Life is just a series of learning curves.
10-10-2007, 03:04 PM
#16
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Maddog FO
Posts: 651
Yeah what kind of airline dumps you off after busting one checkride??
How inappropriate! It's lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous!
I can tell you that XJET will do everything they can to keep you on. A guy in my class was having problems. They sent him home to be with his family for a week to clear his mind! He came back, passed, and joined our class on the line. Our class had a 100% pass rate.
How inappropriate! It's lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous!
I can tell you that XJET will do everything they can to keep you on. A guy in my class was having problems. They sent him home to be with his family for a week to clear his mind! He came back, passed, and joined our class on the line. Our class had a 100% pass rate.
10-10-2007, 04:01 PM
#17
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: A319/320/321
Posts: 166
I agree with everyone else, don't let it set you back. If you are passionate about what you do and want to do, then do it! Like others have said, "what have you learned from it?" That is what is most important. It is usually best to own some responsibility in it and figure out how to do it better next time, which you have. Carry on.
10-10-2007, 05:21 PM
#18
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What company was it? Hey guys I kiss, but I cant tell.
What I can say is thier minimums were higher than the average. In my class, about half were coming from another regional.
Oh, and they contracted out the training... you know the kind of places old captains go to die. My sim instructor had a vile temper. My partner failed on his first attemp on a tiny thing. The company planned on retesting him, but the night before the retest he was so sick of the "instructor", he just disappeared. The company tried calling him to come back and retest, but he never answered the phone calls.
What I can say is thier minimums were higher than the average. In my class, about half were coming from another regional.
Oh, and they contracted out the training... you know the kind of places old captains go to die. My sim instructor had a vile temper. My partner failed on his first attemp on a tiny thing. The company planned on retesting him, but the night before the retest he was so sick of the "instructor", he just disappeared. The company tried calling him to come back and retest, but he never answered the phone calls.
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