Some more info for you Dave and Rood....
The FAA issued new guidelines (29 pages) for conducting Flight Reviews last year that beef up the process:
http://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/m...ght_review.pdf AOPA's guide is here:
http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/sa03.pdf It uses phrases such as the review being "unsatisfactory" which is surely another word for "fail".
A CFI comments on the new guidelines
here "The FAA has made it clear to the CFI: a BFR is an evaluation, not flight instruction.".
After re-reading the docs, I think he has read a bit too much into the guidelines and/or is trying to drum up a bit of business!