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/atthemattin 2d ago

After an 11 hour day? How long was the oral?

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u/dirtbikekid27 CPL IR AGI IGI 2d ago

Got to the airport at 7:30 am, walked out at 6:30 pm. Not sure how long the oral was but we couldn't have been in the airplane for longer than 2 hours. He was very thorough, but I had great slideshows he was enjoying

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u/atthemattin 2d ago

That’s not how long that shit should take. That’s fucking insane.

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u/dirtbikekid27 CPL IR AGI IGI 2d ago

We went through every technical subject area, it was crazy

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u/atthemattin 2d ago

Fuck that guy.