We are joined by CFII and friend Nathan Ballard to talk about checkride failures. Several cases are discussed and the learnings from them. * Nathan's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NathanBallardSaferFlying/videos * Brian Siskind's new (two hour) video, "the LONGEST most UNWATCHABLE flying video in HISTORY and also mountain flying" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSy16zVeWU0 * Luke's Landing: https://www.youtube.com/@lukeslanding2230/videos * 24A Jackson County: https://www.airnav.com/airport/24A * Instructor video on 24A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVJlEBUbgBQ * "so you're telling me there's a chance": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFTRwD85AQ4#t=22s * The spoon theory of energy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory * Four stages of competence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_stages_of_competence * Tammy Barlette's mental performance course: https://tammybarlette.com/mental-performance-course * Nathan Ballard, "What to do after a failed checkride": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0JbjRC29JQ