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This question doesn't apply to anything I have done personally, and beyond word-of-mouth, I have no references about this happening.

Some people claim that if an instructor endorses a student and they fail an FAA check ride and then a different instructor endorses the same student for the re-take and then the student passes the re-take, that the instructor who endorsed the re-take may count this on his or her record as a first-time pass since the student passed on the first attempt for that instructor's endorsement.

The intended benefit of recording this would be utilizing it for CFI renewals and gold-seal CFI applications.

Is this a practice that is considered to be acceptable to the FAA?

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I believe that your pass rate is based upon your number of students who passed on their first attempt after endorsement vs the number of students you endorsed for the checkride. I don’t believe the FAA makes any other distinctions here, at least not for §61.197 requirements for the renewal of a flight instructor certificate nor for 89001, Section 13, Issuance of a Gold Seal Fight Instructor Certificate.

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  • $\begingroup$ Yes, it definitely answers the question. $\endgroup$
    – Ryan Mortensen
    Commented Dec 6, 2020 at 0:38

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