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Jay Honeck wrote: I get 40 hours a week of all that at work in the tower. Maybe that's it, Newps. We both spend our time in high stress (though for totally different reasons!) environments, Gotta stop you there. The last thing I have is stress. I can't believe I get paid so much for such an easy job. Want stress? Go be a fourth grade teacher. |
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"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
news:BD4CA6B0.E9920% I find it very difficult to be under the hood for an hour or more, then be told to "look up" just short of the threshhold, and execute a decent landing. The sudden transition from IFR to VFR is jarring to me, though I've been slowly improving. As an examiner once said to me on an IMC rating renewal test: "You know that in order to pass, you've got to get both of us back on the ground alive..." :-) Paul |
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"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message If you're being told to look up "just short" of the threshold, something's not right. Please elaborate. If your instructor is having you go visual at or near minimums, that would place you about a half mile from touchdown, more or less. At typical SE approach speeds, this should give you about 15-20 seconds or so to transition to visual flight, which ought to be enough. If you find the transition visually jarring, you're probably unconsciously applying some control input as an instinctive reaction. Remember, when you break out your craft should be in a relatively stable condition, continuing down the approach. The craft is where it is supposed to be. Let it ride for a couple of seconds while your brain transitions. Make a conscious effort to *not* apply any input for those few seconds, until your brain is in gear. It'll work out. Good luck. |
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John Gaquin wrote:
Remember, when you break out your craft should be in a relatively stable condition, continuing down the approach. The craft is where it is supposed to be. Let it ride for a couple of seconds while your brain transitions. Make a conscious effort to *not* apply any input for those few seconds, until your brain is in gear. It'll work out. Good luck. This doesn't necessarily work for nonprecision approaches using a "dive and drive" model. However, the input(s) necessary for to transition from the level "drive" to a visual descent should be well known. That's just a matter of practice. - Andrew |
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