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Old 18th Feb 2023, 11:06
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I remember when I first started flying at my airline, how intimidated and overwhelmed I was hand flying. Tightness up in my chest, zero attention available for anything other than the basic instruments (not to the radio, not to the other pilot talking to me, not to situational awareness, not anything), jerky stressed control inputs as I shift from one parameter to another noticing it was running away from me (of course dropping the first one, and then the same thing happening again when I return to it, etc. )

All just the same as when I first started learning instrument flight, and the same as when I first started learning to fly before that.

I was blown away (and still am) when I learned that it is expected and normal, that airline pilots stay this way throughout their career!
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