"OtisWinslow" wrote in message
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There was one here that spent almost 8 hours with a PPL
applicant and then flunked her on some little thing. Any
CFI who would send a student to a DE like that has
to be nuts.


I have seen DEs do this with applicants that they thought were marginal.
They ask more questions to confirm their opinion one way or another. The
applicant may flunk on some small item, but what the DE is really saying is
that he wants the applicant to go back and study harder. He tells the
applicant this, but the applicant does not necessarily mention that when she
tells other people how her check ride went.