CHECKRIDE FAILURE! NOW WHAT?

Hey everyone! Thanks for tuning in to my channel. In this video I discuss checkride failures and the impacts it can have on your career. I discuss what steps you can take to avoid failures that I practiced as a student then as an instructor for the last 2 decades. I hope you enjoy the video and please leave any questions you have in the comments!
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[@infamousaesthetics]

Please keep making these videos! I’ve watch them all and truly learned a lot

[@ocflightlessons]

Will do! Thanks for watching

[@afflictionu8311]

The examiner really matters. I busted IFR oral and CMEL flight with the same examiner. Passed every other ride with every other examiner. They are my failures and I own them, but I can't help but feel like the results would have been different had I used a different DPE. It's not as standardized as you'd think it would be despite the FAA's best attempts to do so with the ACS. I saw clowns get through with 0 failures, and I saw people who studied and worked harder than everybody in the school finish with multiple failures. As logical people, we often think that everything has a clear explanation. Candidate A has 3 check ride failures, therefore he must be lazy or incompetent. Candidate B has 0 failures and therefore must be incredibly smart and an excellent pilot. Nothing could be further from the truth. On a balance of probabilities these are probably true in many cases. However, you really need to measure the whole person, actually interview them, and see how they explain themselves.

[@ocflightlessons]

Thanks for your input

[@planewire2153]

I would say avoid failing checkrides because it doesn’t look good on a resume and it’s harder to get hired without picking up other kinds of jobs. For me personally, I’ve busted 3 checkrides instrument oral, CFI oral, cfii flight portion, but I don’t think I’m stupid or lazy, I gave the wrong answer on lost comm procedures based on my interpretation of 91.185 and incorrect endorsements for an add on rating during the CFI initial oral (I gave student pilot solo endorsement), but I also got a 3.7 gpa in mech engineering while finishing all of my checkrides and pilot training in 4 years so I don’t think I’m a total failure, I learned from my mistakes, and moved on. Now when it comes to hiring pilots, truth be told, airlines really don’t care when they are hiring, they just want to see that the person checks off the boxes and seems reasonably competent, things like 4 year degree, jet pic time, no felonies, etc. and when things slow down and hiring slows down they start becoming picky about things like failures, college gpa, etc. And when they are shrinking, last guy to come on is the first to go, they don’t give a crap who it is.

[@papishampoo5235]

Were you able to get a pilot job with those failed checkrides?

[@victorcovarrubias3606]

I agree with you 100% Omar. Great video thank you.

[@ocflightlessons]

Thanks for your support Victor

[@iliegotca1049]

Omar you the best!!!!

[@ocflightlessons]

Thanks for your support
I appreciate it