...which must beg the very simple question - how and why is this person still working as an examiner? Surely there must be a minumum standard laid out in JAR that a student must prove to an examiner that he/she has attained? In this case it is clear that Cyclic Flare has insisted on a thorough and competent standard in his student, but doesn't a student also deserve the chance to prove themselves at the culmination of a course?
My GFT (pre-JAR licence, but only just) contained, if memory serves, at least one of every type of emergency I had practised during the course and questions on some others. EOLs, PFLs, VRS recovery, sloping ground, engine failure in the hover, steep turns were all covered. I can't say I flew at my absolute best under test conditions, but I got out of the helicopter at the end feeling I'd been made to prove my worth.
I know it seems to go against the grain to rat on one's colleagues, but if this examiner is himself performing so poorly, then others must have noticed it too - surely someone must be in a position to stand up to him and tell him enough's enough?
Or am I missing the point?
