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Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:10 pm
How was it in your esly days of flight school?
I'm just starting my training and I have mixed emotions about it. I love it but naturally I am having the "what if's" creep into my mind. Are fears of something bad happening and leaving my family behind normal? Or does that mean I shouldn't be doing this?
What were yalls emotions like and what were some coping strategies for dealing with the fear and anxiety of first learning to fly?
I'm just starting my training and I have mixed emotions about it. I love it but naturally I am having the "what if's" creep into my mind. Are fears of something bad happening and leaving my family behind normal? Or does that mean I shouldn't be doing this?
What were yalls emotions like and what were some coping strategies for dealing with the fear and anxiety of first learning to fly?
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Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:10 pm to LintLicker
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Are fears of something bad happening and leaving my family behind normal?
How many planes have crashed in the last 10 years? Driving a car is infinitely more dangerous.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:11 pm to LintLicker
Its all worth it when you get to start banging stewardesses on the reg
This post was edited on 12/26/18 at 10:33 pm
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:11 pm to LintLicker
My Dad flew confidently for 15 years. Then almost overnight, he lost his nerve. I never understood why ( it was his supreme passion ) or what happened and still don’t.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:12 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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How many planes have crashed in the last 10 years? Driving a car is infinitely more dangerous.
I this really true? I've seen conflicting statistics on which is more dangerous.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:13 pm to LintLicker
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How was it in your esly days of flight school? I'm just starting my training and I have mixed emotions about it. I love it but naturally I am having the "what if's" creep into my mind. Are fears of something bad happening and leaving my family behind normal? Or does that mean I shouldn't be doing this? What were yalls emotions like and what were some coping strategies for dealing with the fear and anxiety of first learning to fly?
Experience may vary. But for me I was so in awe and excited about everything, even when I fricked up, I was never worried about what if's.
If you want to make a career out it you certainly need to be confident in your abilities, even now, but at the same time know that you're always learing and not think you're the greatest thing to get behind the controls since Bob Hoover.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:14 pm to LintLicker
777, alert someone and see if this one is learning to land. He seems a little deathy
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:16 pm to Sao
they didn’t want to learn how to land, just how to takeoff
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:29 pm to LintLicker
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How was it in your esly days of flight school?
I'm just starting my training and I have mixed emotions about it. I love it but naturally I am having the "what if's" creep into my mind. Are fears of something bad happening and leaving my family behind normal? Or does that mean I shouldn't be doing this?
What were yalls emotions like and what were some coping strategies for dealing with the fear and anxiety of first learning to fly?
It's all about attention to details. It's like grammar that kills you when you make mistakes.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:31 pm to LintLicker
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I've seen conflicting statistics on which is more dangerous.
Commercial flying is exponentially safer than riding in a car.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:33 pm to Cosmo
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Commercial flying is exponentially safer than riding in a car.
Unfortunately, pilots don't start off flying commercial.
What are the stats on deaths in small aircraft? I know it's much worse.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:34 pm to LintLicker
Once I conquered the motion sickness I was all good. You won’t be confident in your abilities as a pilot until you pass your checkride and still even after that you will second guess yourself constantly about whether you’re doing the right thing.
Study, actually listen to your instructor and fly consistently 2/3 times a week and you’re well on your way. I instructed for 2.5 years and helped over 40 students earn their licenses/ratings; there wasn’t a single person I didn’t get to the end as long as they consistently showed up and put in a little work, and I trained some morons. Hopefully that instills some confidence in you
Study, actually listen to your instructor and fly consistently 2/3 times a week and you’re well on your way. I instructed for 2.5 years and helped over 40 students earn their licenses/ratings; there wasn’t a single person I didn’t get to the end as long as they consistently showed up and put in a little work, and I trained some morons. Hopefully that instills some confidence in you
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:40 pm to LintLicker
I have been on the other side of the microphone and I have talked to students pilots just learning to fly and all sound scared as shite at first. The thing that cures that from what I have seen is experience and time in an aircraft which will build your confidence. You are learning how to fly, learning procedures, rules and regulations, and various other things. It is alot to process at first and you always think what if I fall out the sky, forgot to do something, or emergency happens and etc. Just keep at it, learn from other aviators, continue to learn about the aircraft you are flying, know your abilities and experience level, don't take unnecessary risks and I think with time and experience you will get over those what ifs in the back of your mind.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:42 pm to FredsGotSlacks
Yes it does.
I've only had two flight lessons thus far and I really enjoy it but it is frightening to think of what can happen with mistakes.
I'm a DDS and I have been studying for this like I did in dental school. So I've definitely been putting in lots of time and energy into learning aerodynamics and the on board systems.
As to the fatality stats, commercial aviation is exponentially safer compared to automobile travel. Unfortunately, I don't think the same can be said for general aviation.
I've only had two flight lessons thus far and I really enjoy it but it is frightening to think of what can happen with mistakes.
I'm a DDS and I have been studying for this like I did in dental school. So I've definitely been putting in lots of time and energy into learning aerodynamics and the on board systems.
As to the fatality stats, commercial aviation is exponentially safer compared to automobile travel. Unfortunately, I don't think the same can be said for general aviation.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:45 pm to LintLicker
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I'm a DDS
DO NOT buy a V-tailed Bonanza.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:46 pm to stelly1025
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stelly1025
Thanks for those encouraging words. That's a very unique perspective you have and I appreciate you sharing your experiences.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:47 pm to RedFoxx
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DO NOT buy a V-tailed Bonanza.
"Doctor Killer"...no thanks
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:48 pm to LintLicker
Thought you said you were just a dentist?
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:49 pm to LintLicker
They don't call them "doctor killers" for nothing.
Case in point: a group of dentists, just a couple of years ago flying back home to Mississippi from a conference in Orlando, crashed just short of the Tuscaloosa runway, killing all on board.
Essentially, the cause of the crash is that the pilot, one of the dentists, simply let the plane run out of fuel.
Case in point: a group of dentists, just a couple of years ago flying back home to Mississippi from a conference in Orlando, crashed just short of the Tuscaloosa runway, killing all on board.
Essentially, the cause of the crash is that the pilot, one of the dentists, simply let the plane run out of fuel.
Posted on 12/26/18 at 10:51 pm to LintLicker
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