Absolutely endorse everthing in 10540's post above (I don't always agree with him)! It should be printed out and nailed up at every GA club in the country. The only time (so far!) I almost totalled an aeroplane was a lovelly L4 Cub, when, as a low-hours PPL, I gave the landing to an FI of vast experiece (he was also a commercial pilot) who was not tailwheel qualified. I was awsruck by his 'status', but it almost lost us the aeroplane (and maybe our lives). Luckyly I grabbed it back and we just about survived. That Cub, which had seen WW2 service, still flys today. But it almost got demolished on a disused RAF airfield in Yorkshire in the mid '80s due that 'awe' factor.
Even more worrying is the modern tendency for PPLs to consider the radio a primary flight control, and always to be in awe of the man in the darkened room many miles away. CAPTAINCY is what it's about! YOU are in command, and legally accountable. Never forget it!
SSD