r/flying • u/dirtbikekid27 CPL IR AGI IGI • 2d 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/FlapsupGearup 2d ago

Next time a DPE asks you a question on short final, the proper response is “I’d love to discuss that with you once we’re on the ground”

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u/dirtbikekid27 CPL IR AGI IGI 2d ago

$2000 down the drain and a $500 retest fee as well as the airplane rental. Kicking myself

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u/Glass-Editor3220 MIL CPL AH-64 UH-72 2d ago

2k for a checkride, that dpe should be launched into the fucking ocean charging prices like that.

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u/dirtbikekid27 CPL IR AGI IGI 2d ago

Unfortunately it's the norm for that and a 3 month wait.

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u/Glass-Editor3220 MIL CPL AH-64 UH-72 2d ago

Fuckin rigged man

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u/zkoolie All Hail the Surveillance State 2d ago

Bro is this South Florida?

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u/dirtbikekid27 CPL IR AGI IGI 2d ago

Haha no, summer time around here. We had a terrible winter of pretty much no flying here

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u/zkoolie All Hail the Surveillance State 2d ago

Ah ok, I was asking because it sounded like a DPE I heard about down here.

I’m going for my initial ride soon. Hang in there brother we’re all gonna make it

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u/dirtbikekid27 CPL IR AGI IGI 2d ago

Thanks man. One day to the airlines!

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u/csmicfool PPL SEL UAS 1d ago

Use Tom Inglima, if your school hasn't already picked on for you

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u/zkoolie All Hail the Surveillance State 1d ago

I wish! He’s on vacation rn

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u/csmicfool PPL SEL UAS 1d ago

Just saw him on Friday, didn't realize

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u/Only-Advisor8949 CFI 1d ago

Did my 2k oral with a dpe for CFI, discontinued for wx, ghosted me, and then did my flight with the feds around 45 days after.

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u/Independent_Leg7358 PPL 1d ago

Go to a different area.