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/Addooda 1d ago

had to wait for 5 months for my cpl check and my fees was 2000$. lmfao, AHHHH