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A little secret James, if your examiner is from another school very few fail. Why, because its a nice little earner and if you start failing people guess what?
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A good friend of mine is an examiner. I like to joke he is the best examiner money can buy
. Seriously though examiners truly want you to pass.
I give 3 pieces of advice for the flight test to my PPL students
1) Take your time. Keep everything slow and methodical. If you are asked to demonstrate a maneuver, a steep turn for example, pause do your checks make sure the aircraft is in trim and stable and then go ahead and smoothly roll in at a moderate rate.
2) If you don't know something admit it at once, ideally with a further comment that will tell him you know where to look for the information. You can't BS an examiner !
3) When, and it is when not if, you cock up something go back to the beginning and start over. Don't dwell on what went wrong look ahead not back.
Good Luck !