Another example of lack of standardisation between examiners and instructors.
Debriefing, appraising, assessing, should all be taught and assessed themselves, as skills required by examiners.
The standard technique of "critiquing" applied in the medical world has much merit, seeking to get the trainee/student to identify for themselves their strengths and weaknesses. But this should be done regularly after each lesson during the PPL course.
Better harmonisation of standards between examiners and instructors should mean, that a student signed off as having satisfactorily completed the PPL training programme, should only fail in exeptional circumstances, otherwise the FTO has failed to adequately train and or assess the student during the programme.
Perhaps a failed test raises more questions about the FTO than the student, or is this commercial pressure raising its ugly head again?