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Old 18th Aug 2011, 01:14
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Machinbird
 
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I plead guilty.

I'm ashamed to say so, but it could happen to me too.

We must teach pilots to fly.
We both understand how easy it is to lose skills you once had. I saw my IFR skills deteriorate when I retired from the military. You are apparently seeing your skills wilt in your hands because you aren't getting opportunity to actually fly the aircraft enough.

My experience was that it took almost 5 years before I began to scare myself a bit flying IFR approaches.

What do you think is the "time constant" for significant loss of ability.

Is recurrent training every 6 months sufficient to maintain a skill assuming you exercise that skill during recurrent training?
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