If Peter failed the 170a purely on the situation he has described then he had recourse for compliant. Without understanding the entire conduct of the test how do you expect to be able to be disgusted at the conduct of these mentioned south coast schools?
I recall Peter admitted making more serious errors that would be grounds for a fail. My point is that you have a 170A check pilot
- showing up late to meet EOBT without giving notice
- prattling about irrelevant items such as run up into the winds
- examining with an apparent focus on wholly different issues than he was taught by his IRI.
In view of the excessive cost of a current JAA IR and JAA IR conversion, those points itself are sufficient grounds for a CAA inspection of the outfit annex check pilot's practices.
In addition, due to inappropriate glee of some participants, the possibility of getting valuable debriefing information to the pilot community has been lost.
The fact that you have no direct commercial interest in this matter is not an excuse to poison the atmosphere. Admittedly, you're not the only one and you're certainly not the worst. At least you read what is being written, a quality that surpasses some on this forum.