Obviously I'm well aware of the 172's choice among PPL recruits. I'm ashamed to say it but I too fall into the "the plane landed me, I didnt land the plane" crowd. Granted I'm a low time pilot, but to date all I have done is rely on the training. A meticulous series of contingency plans to counter every scenario I've been hit with to date. I dont like it. I dont like knowing that I have a "system" for landing, rather than actually taking control of the situation. If "x" happens then I do "y", but not because I feel it, but rather because I memorized it.
Hopefully as I build time I'll really have a handle on it and won't have to worry about forgetting a preset series of operations resulting in a crash. There's always the go-around afterall.
Last edited by jetsetter250; 10th Sep 2013 at 13:58.