I'm a 32-year airline pilot with 11 years more in the industry to go. I started flying my Dad's 1977 Piper Turbo Arrow when I was 13 years old. I have been around aviation my whole life. I am rated in fixed and rotary wing with 3 type ratings. I taught at my airline for a while as well.
Some rule to follow starting out.
Like your instructor.
If you like your instructor, trust your instructor.
Never try to prove anything. Being wrong can come at a very high price.
Never stop listening to others with experience.
If you are not comfortable, either don't take-off or land somewhere other than your destination.
I and my aircraft are capable of Catagory lll take-offs and landings. Catagory lll is very low visibility operations. There are times even with the best training and a multi-million dollar airplane it's still better to not go or to not continue. (Pissed off Youtube experts, the passengers, don't always understand the high price of being wrong) I am trained and paid well to make some very difficult descisions at times when others might question me, but my training and experiance can and will go a long way.
Flying is a very perishable skill.
Flying is a very perishable skill.
Flying is a very perishable skill. <----Get it? :thumbsup:
The perishable part that will kill you is not using your brain to stay ahead of the airplane while it's roaring through the sky.
I log very close to 1,000 hours a year and I can tell when I have been off for a while.
Try to absorb as much as you can. You can't know or learn too much. When you stop learning, you pay the ultimate price.
