Originally Posted by piperboy84
Whereas here in the UK I assume instinct would probably be to turn to the left?
An interesting observation. On a couple of occasions as an FI but passenger touring with experienced PPLs I noticed that, in head-on situations, they turned the wrong way. Therefore, on biennial training flights, I incorporated a simulated (hopefully!) situation where, on the way out to the 'local flying area', the (experienced) trainee is faced with 'an opposite direction aircraft less than 10 seconds away'. I was staggered to find that a disturbingly large proportion turned the wrong way. The realisation on their faces was priceless! These British PPLs included some private owners with many hundreds of hours. They were all very experienced drivers and I put it down to the fact that here in the UK we drive on the left and that that 'instinct' influences survival.