Checkride Failures
01-15-2024, 06:02 PM
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01-15-2024, 06:37 PM
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I have a failure. Not my finest moment by a long mile, but it happened. I owned it and explained how I used it to be a better pilot. They really liked my answer from what I could tell. Good luck!
01-15-2024, 08:25 PM
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It sorta depends. If you screwed up your first go at Commercial or CFI 7-8 years ago and have successfully completed a couple of type ratings and 2000 hours of 121 time since then it's no big deal. If you failed a checkride or recurrency six weeks ago you better have a hell of a good reason why and even that might not be enough.
01-15-2024, 10:07 PM
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Depends. I've it's old news you're probably okay. If it's recent, probably not so much. I know someone who failed the same CFI checkride 4 times and he's at United. I know someone who failed 5 different check rides including a 91/135 and a 121 checkride within the 3 years prior to meeting UAL at a Job fair... the recruiter very frankly told him that he wasn't what UAL was looking for.
01-16-2024, 03:32 AM
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Yes, as long as you have a good explanation, admit it was something you did (not blaming examiner, etc) and what you learned from it (VERY important) failures are not a big deal anymore. It actually makes you more human, and my interviewer even said in the past they missed out on a lot of good pilots because of dismissing on failure(s).
01-16-2024, 03:50 AM
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One failure in the past is not a big deal. A pattern of failures can be a deal killer. The airlines have learned what works and what does not work from the last 3 years. Multiple failures in the past likely is a problem child in the future.
01-16-2024, 04:39 AM
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if this is worth anything. I have 3 failures, a primary checkride, CFII, and my intial loe at my regional. Granted, these busts are all spaced out over years. the first one happening back in 2017. I spoke with a united recrutier a few months ago at a job fair and he asked me about them. I explained my position and he told me to not worry about the failures. So, hopefully it won't hold me back.
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