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Old 25th Aug 2009, 23:13
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john_tullamarine
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I suggest you remove that utterly daft posting!

How does a student ATPL feel able to post stuff like this?

A couple of thoughts -

(a) doesn't matter what the field of activity, the oft-observed progress sequence is along the lines of

- apprehension
- overconfidence even to the point of gross overconfidence
- self doubt (after frightening oneself with the umpteenth near death experience)
- caution and adherence to SOP
- (for some) back (towards) overconfidence
- (for others) continued reflection and caution

- the second point usually arrives for the new pilot either during his initial training or shortly thereafter.
- the latter two points constitutes the old-bold problem.

(b) one of the values of Tech Log is that the brashness of youth (or new chum ignorance) can be challenged by the wisdom of age (and experience) and, perhaps on occasion, the new chum might just learn a little along the way to his/her own enlightened development.

From my own experience, I started off knowing it all (like many) and progressively have had that view knocked out of me by a great many folk who did, indeed, know far more than I.

In fact, I reckon that, by the time I get around to dying ... I'll probably have come to realise that I know just about naught about anything at all ?
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