Originally Posted by
The500man
Flying the aircraft first isn't option 1 as you are already doing it and it isn't optional.
I'm willing to bet that most pilots in training, at some point, concentrated on other stuff to the exclusion of flying the aircraft.
I can think of the odd occasion in my training where I was pulled up for this. And rightly so. In my short period as an instructor, I've also seen this - sooner or later - in most PPLs.
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