Jon Kraus wrote:
Took my IFR checkride today and busted... I screwed up the holding
pattern big time and that was that... At first I was so damn fustrated
that I told the DE that I just want to head back to the airport... Then
I thought to myself "what are you going to do there pout?" :-) I then
decided to go ahead with the rest of the ride and get it out of the way.
I did OK... not great but passable... This DE made it pretty easy on
me... He was telling me about his IFR checkride and him busting on his
first attempt too... He busted on the holding pattern too so I didn't
feel that bad.. He now has 14,000+ hours and doesn't worry about his
busted IFR checkride so I figured why should I... Now I just need to go
back up with my instructor once, do the freakn' holding pattern... Go
back up with the DE... do the freakn' holding pattern and be done...
More to follow...

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL
Student-IA Argggg...


He's right, don't sweat it. I've never yet flown a holding pattern on a
real IFR flight. Well, I flew a holding "pattern" over DC one evening
on an IFR flight into Washington National, but it was VMC and the hold
consisted of flying circles over a spot the controller told me to fly
around! So my circles around a point training for my private was of
greater use than my holding pattern instruction. :-)


Matt