Hi All,
First congrats to Whirly for being brave enough to post.
Wish you could name the school that treated you so badly then we could all avoid them....
It good that we can learn from other peoples' 'mistakes' and that no one was hurt.
Personally I never flown tired or stressed but have become bored or changed my mind to thinking about other things and then my concentration drops and that's not just when I m flying either.
The nearest I ve come to doing damage was when I was flying, with pax, was taking off with a partly misted screen at night! The screen wouldn't clear with the heater, (in an R22), and I was 2nd in a flight of 2 ships. I didn't want to lose the leader as it was an airfield I d only flown into once before and in day light. Stuopidly I thought the forward motion would ais the complete demisting. Unfortunately I misjudged the height and caught a skid on the ground. Large amount of collective resolved the problem by which time the screen had cleared and we were able to proceed.
VERY shaken, and very quiet for return to base!
How many lessons have I learnt? BL**DY LOTS!!!!
And a good few hours later I still can't believe how stupid I was.
On a lighter note I drank about as much rum that night as I will at the Gatbash!!!!!!
