How to explain a f/k up?

[Dave Benjamin]

A failed checkride or two is no big deal. You'll be asked it you ever failed a checkride. Answer the question honestly. Accept responsibility for whatever happened, explain what you learned, and move on.

My advice to Adam with the who has been shot down by four airlines is to get some interview prep. I can guarantee that one failed IFR checkride is not preventing him from getting hired.

 

[canyonblue737]

You busted a checkride you get a pink slip
you do a recheck and you pass
doesn't that pink slip disappears?

no it does not.

 

[DrewBlows]

Busting a check ride isn't a bid deal. Just explain it if asked, but don't use the F-word. They don't think it's as funny as I do.

 

[fugghedabowdit]

I failed my CFI checkride the first time. It didn't keep me from getting any offers. Honesty is what they are looking for. "It was the examiner, not me" is the red flag.

 

[Bluto]

My wife had never busted a ride and they didn't believe her at first when she told them during her phone interview. That just shows you how common it is, and how rare it is (and not really an issue by itself) to have blown a checkride.

 

[cathal]

I failed more than than one and got on at xj with no problems. To the guy thats been turned down 4 times- you definitely need some interview prep. At the very least stop picking your nose at the interivew table.
Here's one more guy telling you to just turn it around and say how it motivated you and what you learned from it.

 

[RAV152]

Two busted rides. Two job offers out of three regional interviews. Not a big deal as long as you don't start blaming the examiner for it.

Don't worry. Be honest and tell them how you learned from it. Good Luck!

 

[MarineGrunt]

Yep - The pink slip will follow you around forever. The FAA has it in your Pilot Information File and dammed if they don't have several copies of the same pink slip in my file. I pinked slipped my IFR ride back in 1989. No one has ever asked me about it, but I checked the file and it is there.

I have had two interviews thus far in the flying business and was hired both times. For the next interview I'm hoping that three type ratings trump the IFR ride I busted, then passed a week later.

How can one view their FAA pilot file???

 

[skyy]

Yep - The pink slip will follow you around forever. The FAA has it in your Pilot Information File and dammed if they don't have several copies of the same pink slip in my file. I pinked slipped my IFR ride back in 1989. No one has ever asked me about it, but I checked the file and it is there.

I have had two interviews thus far in the flying business and was hired both times. For the next interview I'm hoping that three type ratings trump the IFR ride I busted, then passed a week later.

Is the Pilot Information File the same as a FAA Record Check when you sign a release for a new employer?