on the other end
please chk my post on medical
I was until recently ! a captain on a twin jet , based LGW, I failed my LPC, quite rightly so, presented my self unprepaired, was put back into the system for re-assesment...able to re-take the LPC
Now this is where the problems start....we as pilots are so self critical, we all want to be perfect but know we can't , we are after all human.
having had the instructor/examiner tell us all our faults it is very difficult to go away and re-assess the situation ( yes i accept that when it all goes .... up for real there is no opportunity to re- assess) but for the candidate the pressure is now so intense that the chances of getting through a " re-assessment " are virtually nil, once the self confidence has gone, its a slippery pole back up.
from my own experience, and. after going through 3 command re-assessments and failing, being reseated ...........and failing, I am now at rock bottom..........having been a captain ( for 8 years) to being a gibbering wreck......wondering if i will ever be able to fly again is so self destructive.
All this could have been sorted right at the beginning !!!!
Instructors PLEASE take note.most line pilots are scare sh..less of the SIM, the self induced pressures cannot be explained, if we get it wrong it is because we are so tense and stressed, afraid of getting it wrong while someone is watching and most important of all, is letting ourselves down under pesssure.
We all learn from our own mistakes, I think that being given the chance to prove that we have learn't and understood at the time (IMHO) is far more productive than sending the poor chap away to beat them selves up ( which we all do !) then come back to go over all that has gone before.
My point is ..nail it now not later