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Old 14th May 2007 | 02:50
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Loose rivets
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
Any idiot can find ridiculous scenarios to throw at any pilot and we all have a breaking point.


Just a word from a dinosaur.

Y'know, it doesn't hurt to be pushed to breaking point occasionally. But when I was pushed, I resorted to the "oh bo11ox" routine, and just flew the airplane with what I'd got left. Basic instruments, and basic airmanship.

The whole point is that it must not break you.

Hopefully there will be very few of you that are left with almost nothing on a proverbial ‘dark and stormy', but being ready to be the only wide-body captain on basic instruments in the world one night, will do nothing but good for your confidence. So, when the screens go black and all hell lets loose in the sim, don't resent it...compartmentalize, and throw out everything that you couldn't possibly tend to in the real world. Then be ready to stick to your guns.
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