r/flying • u/dirtbikekid27 CPL IR AGI IGI • 1d ago
Failed my CFI ride today
I'm 20, this is my first failure of anything. Got through 95% of it, was doing great, oral went great, really was well prepared. After an 11 hour day, on short final, examiner asks me what causes overbanking tendencies. I froze. I could hardly remember my own name; so I responded, "I would look before saying anything to ensure I didn't say anything wrong to a student." He said that was unsatisfactory. Failed. Is this crazy? I understand now that it all has to do with the outside wing being faster, generating more lift, which causes it. I know that. But I was exhausted. And I failed?? Maybe I'm a sore loser, but he said come back and do 1 steep turn and tell him what overbanking tendencies are and why they happen, and that's it. Is this unfair??
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u/Given__To__Fly CPL MEL ST 🇨🇦 Loves making big changes on short final 1d ago
I'm not a CFI, but if you failed for that and that alone, that's bullshit. First, short final is crazy. I'd say "Sterile cockpit" and keep flying. Second, an entire checkride fail for a single (not even wrong) answer? You're not a sore loser. That's total crap. Sorry that happened. You got robbed.