Here's my stupid mistake, and yes it does follow a chain of events as mentioned!
-PPL instructor whines he doesn't earn enough
-He always asks me to do a quick turnaround...so he would land, I'd oil/fuel up whilst he debriefs new student and he meets me outside engine running.
-He lands late but still wants to do our lesson before the sun sets. When he lands he doesn't seem relaxed and jolly like normal but a bit serious (maybe flustered?? don't know if that's the right word).
-I didn't want to disappoint him. Firstly because students tend to look up to their instructors and secondly I arrived late for a lesson the previous day for which I received a telling off.
-Rushed the 'turn around'
-Tried to taxi to fuel pumps with the tie downs still on.
The tie downs aren't connected to hooks in the ground but they clip onto another wire which runs a long a whole line of aircraft. So technically I tried to taxi with around 8 planes attached to me. Nothing happend as a guy performing a walk around next to me waved me down before I started moving.
Suppose to sum that up, don't put undue pressures on yourself. Don't rush.
Last edited by pudoc; 22nd Apr 2013 at 18:32.