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![]() CFI: "Wow, great job, let me see." "Here it is..." This conversation plays again and again in hundreds of flight schools around the country. In this sample report to the right, Mr Garcia passed the test with an 82. Anything above a 70% is considered passing. We used to tell students, "Anything above a 70% is a waste of time." Well times have changed and the FAA wants to improve pilot training standards a bit. Next time you take a trip on SouthWestern Airlines, those two pilots both got a 70% on all their written exams, Private to ATP. The captain missed 30% and the first officer missed another 30%. Wow, thats 60% of the knowledge that should be known by these pilots is missing. When you consider the Paredo Principle, that means that they only know 20% of the remaining 40%. That means they only know 8% of what they should know. That means they forgot or failed 92% of the aeronautical knowledge they should possess. Scary. If you did not make 100%...
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