Training
Ladies and Gentlemen,
There are many good points above, however I believe there is a fundemental missing on this thread.
When I was lucky enough to be taught by HM's finest we flew the lesson with an experienced well trained QFI, we then consolidated the lesson on another sortie, then flew it solo and then consolidated it again with our QFI. All this meant that we had seen quite alot before we were let loose.
Later on when flying the big jets we flew as co-pilots for many years and did not think it was unusual, which meant we had seen most things before having to make the decisions from the LHS.
Much of this is missing when people strive to go solo early, finish their training in minimum time and jump to the LHS after only minimal time.
If more people were patient and content to watch, listen and learn before trying to show that they can do it on their own then there would be many more old pilots.
MM
A slow and careful tutor from the old school