CFI flight test candidate has bad experience with test examiner.

Attributes
ACN	173663
Time
Date	199101
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lhc
State Reference	TN
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 35 flight time total : 470 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	173663
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

CFI flight test examiner was associated with major tn flight school and one of their instrs (assistant chief). I was warned by the school personnel that he was a 'screamer.' he terminated my first CFI flight test on the first maneuver when I misunderstood his instructions and didn't know his rectangular course had 5 sides. Second CFI flight test was night and he literally yelled throughout it, screaming to find a reference point for s-turns on a pitch black highway. He screamed when I gave him the correct traffic pattern altitude (which was published), claiming I was 100' wrong (he was). Oral questions were very nebulous and vague. If answered correctly, he claimed he didn't ask that. I then began to write his questions down, and he still denied that's what he asked. Individual's behavior was bizarre, dangerous in the cockpit and unprofessional. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter states he did not report to FAA due to concern for his career situation. He is retired FAA controller who is starting a second career as a CFI. Major problem he sees is that course is prepaid, guaranteed to pass and flight school pressures its students, moves them too fast, schedules flight exams and tells them it is then or not at all. Reporter did not return after the second experience. Went to the FAA for flight check and had no problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CFI FLT TEST CANDIDATE HAS BAD EXPERIENCE WITH TEST EXAMINER.

Narrative: CFI FLT TEST EXAMINER WAS ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR TN FLT SCHOOL AND ONE OF THEIR INSTRS (ASSISTANT CHIEF). I WAS WARNED BY THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL THAT HE WAS A 'SCREAMER.' HE TERMINATED MY FIRST CFI FLT TEST ON THE FIRST MANEUVER WHEN I MISUNDERSTOOD HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND DIDN'T KNOW HIS RECTANGULAR COURSE HAD 5 SIDES. SECOND CFI FLT TEST WAS NIGHT AND HE LITERALLY YELLED THROUGHOUT IT, SCREAMING TO FIND A REF POINT FOR S-TURNS ON A PITCH BLACK HWY. HE SCREAMED WHEN I GAVE HIM THE CORRECT TFC PATTERN ALT (WHICH WAS PUBLISHED), CLAIMING I WAS 100' WRONG (HE WAS). ORAL QUESTIONS WERE VERY NEBULOUS AND VAGUE. IF ANSWERED CORRECTLY, HE CLAIMED HE DIDN'T ASK THAT. I THEN BEGAN TO WRITE HIS QUESTIONS DOWN, AND HE STILL DENIED THAT'S WHAT HE ASKED. INDIVIDUAL'S BEHAVIOR WAS BIZARRE, DANGEROUS IN THE COCKPIT AND UNPROFESSIONAL. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR STATES HE DID NOT RPT TO FAA DUE TO CONCERN FOR HIS CAREER SITUATION. HE IS RETIRED FAA CTLR WHO IS STARTING A SECOND CAREER AS A CFI. MAJOR PROB HE SEES IS THAT COURSE IS PREPAID, GUARANTEED TO PASS AND FLT SCHOOL PRESSURES ITS STUDENTS, MOVES THEM TOO FAST, SCHEDULES FLT EXAMS AND TELLS THEM IT IS THEN OR NOT AT ALL. RPTR DID NOT RETURN AFTER THE SECOND EXPERIENCE. WENT TO THE FAA FOR FLT CHK AND HAD NO PROB.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.