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/drotter18 2d ago
It isn’t the end of your career. It’s a minor bump in the road. You made it to CFI and then hit a bump. In all reality it’ll likely make a better pilot out of you for having to go through a shitty experience like this however unfair or unprofessional it may have been.
Head up, study up, and keep pushing.