Is a second or so enough
How many people could make a life or death decision in just over a second, if that decision had to be made without prior warning, and at a time of great stress or concentration. If the answer is "only a few" then does one assume that pilots of light helicopters are superhumans or are they convinced that the training they have received is enough to cover such an emergency. How does one train for the unexpected happening at the worst possible moment. This thought occured to me today whilst up a ladder swinging a sledgehammer. If i miss the bricks should I hang onto the hammer or grab the ladders.? As it happens I managed neither. Lost the hammer and fell on my ass. I am normally competent with both hammers and ladders, but had not received training on this particular emergency. I blamed the high inertia hammer.