"Jay Honeck" wrote:
[snip]
I know as my flying hours have built, I've grown more
comfortable with a wider range of weather conditions.
Is this "experience"? Or "familiarity"? Or an insidious,
gradual and foolish lowering of my instinctive defenses?

I've noticed the same thing. The longer I go without getting in real
trouble, the less I am bothered by gnarly weather, particularly now that
I've got a way to keep a distant eye on it in flight.

We often read posts from pilots who think GA fatal accident statistics don't
apply to them because they would *never* do some of the "stupid" things
described in the NTSB reports. I bet if we had known a lot of those
"stupid" pilots, we'd realize that most were no dumber than the rest of us.
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM