I was just thinking that how big the impact a checkride failure you had at flight school would have on you when you are applying for airline jobs. If you are looking good on papers, do the HRs usually ask you about your performance when you were at flight school? Or what are the scenerios that they would ask you or they never asked anybody? Would they reject you if you had any ppl or CPL checkride failure with the examiner? Does it play a very big role during hiring process?
They will DEFINITELY ask you as this is a standard interview question. The good news is a single failure is pretty common and will not impact your career. That said it’s definitely not something to make a habit of. 2 and you’ll still be ok but be prepared to discuss them. 3+ and I’d start being concerned.
I have been asked if I had checkride failures at every single interview I have ever been to. Of course none are preferred, but one failure does not seem to be the end of the world.
ATP will accept you but I’m afraid FedEx and UPS are beyond your reach. Both are Major airlines and by the time you meet their minimums you’d only have a few years left to fly.
I would think long and hard before committing the money to flight training. Now of course at the end of the day it is your money and it is not our business to tell you how to spend it, but I just don’t see the return on investment making sense with the limited time you have left.