Stressfull first flights
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Stressfull first flights
Hello everyone,
I'm currently training for an ATPL license, i just had my first 5 flights but I'm kinda nervous before a flight, that I'll do everything wrong. I have the feeling that I have to be performing well and that pressurizes me and takes some fun of the flying. How can I comfort myself and is this normal to a beginning pilot? Nothing is automatic yet so it is really tough to fly and I'm really tired after the flight, any tips?
Regards,
Wouter
I'm currently training for an ATPL license, i just had my first 5 flights but I'm kinda nervous before a flight, that I'll do everything wrong. I have the feeling that I have to be performing well and that pressurizes me and takes some fun of the flying. How can I comfort myself and is this normal to a beginning pilot? Nothing is automatic yet so it is really tough to fly and I'm really tired after the flight, any tips?
Regards,
Wouter
Welcome Wouter,
You have no idea how familiar that all sounds.
During my flight Training sometimes I couldn’t even sleep.
That was more then 25 years and 11,000 hrs ago.
Its perfectly normal, you’ve started a major new chapter in your life.
Flying is very stressful enterprise this early on because it’s all things you haven’t dealt with before and it’s such a cacophony of sounds.
Movement in all axis with a new component, up and down, that you’re not used to.
Loud engine, somebody trying to talk to you and you trying to make sense between whatever he told you in the classroom.
Enjoy your flight training!
You have no idea how familiar that all sounds.
During my flight Training sometimes I couldn’t even sleep.
That was more then 25 years and 11,000 hrs ago.
Its perfectly normal, you’ve started a major new chapter in your life.
Flying is very stressful enterprise this early on because it’s all things you haven’t dealt with before and it’s such a cacophony of sounds.
Movement in all axis with a new component, up and down, that you’re not used to.
Loud engine, somebody trying to talk to you and you trying to make sense between whatever he told you in the classroom.
Enjoy your flight training!
Absolutely normal, just be as prepared as you can be, then ride the stress.
Your instructor is there to keep the flight safe, and to give you every opportunity to learn. Prepare well, relax, and then enjoy the lesson. Always give plenty of time for briefs and debriefs.
G
Your instructor is there to keep the flight safe, and to give you every opportunity to learn. Prepare well, relax, and then enjoy the lesson. Always give plenty of time for briefs and debriefs.
G
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Welcome Wouter,
You have no idea how familiar that all sounds.
During my flight Training sometimes I couldn’t even sleep.
That was more then 25 years and 11,000 hrs ago.
Its perfectly normal, you’ve started a major new chapter in your life.
Flying is very stressful enterprise this early on because it’s all things you haven’t dealt with before and it’s such a cacophony of sounds.
Movement in all axis with a new component, up and down, that you’re not used to.
Loud engine, somebody trying to talk to you and you trying to make sense between whatever he told you in the classroom.
Enjoy your flight training!
You have no idea how familiar that all sounds.
During my flight Training sometimes I couldn’t even sleep.
That was more then 25 years and 11,000 hrs ago.
Its perfectly normal, you’ve started a major new chapter in your life.
Flying is very stressful enterprise this early on because it’s all things you haven’t dealt with before and it’s such a cacophony of sounds.
Movement in all axis with a new component, up and down, that you’re not used to.
Loud engine, somebody trying to talk to you and you trying to make sense between whatever he told you in the classroom.
Enjoy your flight training!
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Absolutely normal, just be as prepared as you can be, then ride the stress.
Your instructor is there to keep the flight safe, and to give you every opportunity to learn. Prepare well, relax, and then enjoy the lesson. Always give plenty of time for briefs and debriefs.
G
Your instructor is there to keep the flight safe, and to give you every opportunity to learn. Prepare well, relax, and then enjoy the lesson. Always give plenty of time for briefs and debriefs.
G
No stress no fun. Flying with no stress at all is almost as bad as an artist entering under the spotlights and feeling no "trac" at all. Can never make a good performance.
