Well, it happened. I failed a check ride twice (LIFT Academy)

Posted by CollegeDropout0220@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 111 comments

As the title says, i found out my luck ran out. Today i failed my commercial check ride for the second time. The first failure was because i went 4 knots over speed on an emergency descent while doing my check ride in an Airmet Tango (my school would not allow me to cancel or discontinue without paying fees i cannot afford) and this failure was because i came in slightly too fast on my Power-Off 180 and bounced once out of tolerances. Because i go to a 141 school (I don’t care about hiding it anymore, i’m a LIFT Academy student) i now go to flight-ops review where they will decide my fate. Nobody has ever not been kicked out over failing the same Check ride twice. The DPE told me to keep going because 2 check ride failures will not disqualify me from airlines or even charter airlines, but i feel like it will significantly hinder my ability to ever work in this field now, plus LIFT’s policies and contracts now require me to pay the $15K “discount” they give you on tuition. I had expressed many times that i was not ready for this check ride and needed more training, and my training record shows that. Regardless, the pilot-mill did not care and sent me anyways. Now i have to find a job to cover the debt i have and maybe someday return to flying, but i have no idea if thats even possible now. Let this be a cautionary tale to all student pilots and aspiring student pilots: STAY AWAY FROM PART 141 PILOT MILLS, ESPECIALLY ONES WITH INSANELY LOW GRADUATION RATES!!! They do not care about producing good pilots, only quick pilots.