I infringed today . . .

[big.al]

Stik -
The things to remember about mistakes like this are:

• we all make them

• we will all make more of them

• you have learnt from it

• the learning will continue

• the more mistakes you make, the more you will learn

• how you deal with the situation once the mistake is made is paramount

and finally (my opinion)

• whilst prevention is always better than cure (we all know the adage about the five 'P's) remaining calm in the face of adversity and seeking help where available is just as important a part of 'good airmanship' as trying to be a 'perfect pilot' who never makes a mistake... there is no such person of course.

I speak from (a lack of) experience - I have relatively few hours but plenty of mistakes in the bank, and rather than pretending I won't make any more errors I simply intend to learn from each one and try to avoid making the same one twice. Like you, I've beaten myself up over some of them for a while, but then realised after a time that it's counter-productive. Good luck with the continued training.