Good one, Jack! I'm sorry I missed the party; with your sense of humor
I'm sure it would have been fun time.

But I feel I'm missing something in your advice. You've said twice now
(I'm paraphrasing) to be prepared, that something unexpected will
happen someplace, sometime that I'll have to deal with, and you hope
I'll be ready. With all due respect to your 10,000 hours (and how many
multiples, one wonders), I don't see how that is actionable advice.

Let me turn the tables a bit. Things have changed for you, now that
you're gliding. No simulators to test your skills safely, no full-time
mechanics to care for the aircraft. You've certainly got the flight
experience, but I submit that much of it isn't transferable to what
you're doing now (deliberately flying near stall in turbulent
conditions, perhaps within dozens of feet of a ridge, with no "go"
handle to get you out of trouble).

What are you doing in your new flying career to prepare for the
unexpected, Jack? I'm not joshing you, I really want to know how you're
implementing the advice you gave me.

-John


Jack wrote:
jcarlyle wrote:

Well thanks, Jack, I look forward to seeing you at our 10,000 hour
milestones.

Yours, perhaps. You missed mine. I'll be happy to get a mere thousand in
Gliders.

Jack