Beagle
-If that is the approach you take with the candidate then he/she has a far greater chance of passing because you are giving them the opprotunity to perform to the best of their ability....nice to know..:ok. However, there are examiners who treat the test as a power trip... I had one very capable CPL student who was grilled to such an extent during the pre-flight briefing he went to pieces in the test. There should be much better 'relationship' training for examiners. Sadly the people I mention are ex military....why is that? And the ones with a good people attitude usually have airline backgrounds....or no formal flying background.
Having said that, it is quite correct that the candidate is the one who passes or fails.... :