Congratulations to the recent poster who just got his instrument
ticket!

That got me thinking about my instrument ride in Corsicana, TX many
years ago.
My two biggest weaknesses during training were holding pattern entry
and NDB approaches.
I practiced them both until I was absolutely nail-on-the-head. I knew
the NDB into Corsicana like the back of my hand. I flew circles in the
sky until I was dizzy. I was assured that the examiner would give me
both during my ride. WELL...

My instrument/commercial ride was scheduled late in the afternoon and
the DE has a private candidate waiting on him for his ride after mine.
He was in a bit of a hurry. After my brief oral we went flying, under
the hood, to Waco, TX. (TSTC) and shot the ILS. Well, I discovered an
inop glideslope in the 172 pretty quickly and converted to the
localizer approach with ease. After a missed approach we went straight
back to Corsicana under the hood, he pulled it off a couple miles from
the airport and we made a full stop VFR landing. That was it. He told
me I was a competent instrument pilot and gave me a temporary cert! I
didn't want to argue but over the years I have thought; "dang, I
must've had the easiest instrument ride EVER!" And to this day I think
it was grossly insufficient...

Do you have any "insufficient" checkrides you'd be brave enough to
share?

Ricky