On Fri, 4 Jan 2008 14:08:35 -0600, Dallas
wrote:

On Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:46:30 GMT, Steve Foley wrote:

I'll disagree with you. It shows how the student reacts when something
unexpected happens.

But if the student didn't react well to the trick, would that be grounds to
bust the checkride?
..
Looking through the PTS, I don't see anything on the examiner's test
checklist that requires the student to be tested or pass something like
this.

Just playing devil's advocate, how about II.A - Preflight Inspection?
Tiedowns are on the checklists for the aircraft I fly, and I was
always taught to re-check things if I had to go away from the aircraft
for any length of time just because some nice line guy might chock or
tie it back up.