Jesus Christ, what is with you people and trolls? So you don't like what I have to say? You don't agree with me? Therefore "he must be a troll". If I'm a troll, ignore me, go elsewhere and play your games.
I've had time to reflect on what happened, and am meeting my CFI today to go over the oral. My HUGE mistake was recording the session. Bad, BAD IDEA! That was my mistake. He then decided to fail me and teach me a lesson. That much is clear.
So I'm going to regroup, and do this again with a different DPE. I will swallow my pride and sprout all that retarded 1940s crap they teach you, and if necessary haul NINE square feet of papyrus. Doesn't it strike you as odd that all you bozos defending the manuscript approach are pretty much doing things the way the Phoenicians navigated? i.e. Hauling out some dirty chart with symbols, squinting, etc. RETARDED! And yes iPads fail, that's why you take a back up. Like your iPhone. It is also running the same software. Not good enough? Really? Then why do you fly with only TWO magnetos?
You're a bunch of hypocrites.
And sorry to disappoint, but I will be flying with y'all. Flying circles around you in fact.
I'm off to fly now. Hope to see none of you plodding fools out there.
Wow. Just wow.
Who is it that you think you are typing your drivel to?
This board is home to pilots ranging from students on up to multi thousand hour ATP's and high time military pilots. Do you really think that your "knowledge" is far superior to those of us that have significantly more experience than you do?
While I no longer use the paper charts to flight plan, I know how to do it, and it has taught me how the electronic equipment does it and it also shows me the weaknesses that these devices exhibit. Those devices don't do well with the aircraft performance,except with the most basic elements. And while I use the IPAD and IPhone for most of my flying, I carry, and actually am required to carry, current charts for the flying that I have to accomplish. Commercial flying still requires you to have the backups on board, even if you do not use them.
You may have learned some things, but you need to dial back the attitude. That is the biggest obstacle you are facing currently. You came on this board with a seething attack against the DPE, and you are oblivious to the fact that it was your attitude that caused the entire problem, not the "DPE failed me for no reason." Even when confronted by folks with much more experience than yourself, you attempt to deflect any personal responsibility for your failure. Yes, some answers were a little harsh, but life is not easy, and neither is aviation. If you back off on the attitude a little, you would glean the lesson from the experienced people without all of the attacks.
Ask questions about why some things are taught, instead of complaining that "all of this is from the stone age."
Go into the DPE's interview with a "what can I learn from this checkride that will keep me safe?"
Be respectful of those older and wiser than yourself.
Admit that you can learn even from those people who you don't care for.
Admit that there are those people with a lot more knowledge and experience than yourself and deal with it.
Did your parents try to kick you out of the house "while you still knew everything?"