What the flock is my problem??

[Sig]

DUDE!

One thing I always noticed (a thousand years ago, back when we mixed our own paint to draw diagrams on the cave walls) with students who beat themselves up like that two things were usually true:

1) they were waayyyy too hard on themselves;
2) they were pretty dang good on the guages.

Being too hard on yourself undermines everything, though. I was as nervous as a longtailed cat in a roomful of rocking chairs as a new CFII when we'd get into actual... after a couple of sessions of watching it go downhill really fast in IMC, I realized it was really NO BIG DEAL [emergencies notwithstanding]. Of course, that's with two (almost) brains in the cockpit. Nowadays, an 1800 RVR approach is an exciting chance to make it all come together (again, with almost two whole brains up front).

Long/short: let the II do the evaluating. Keep on keepin' on.

I like your attitude- you'll push yourself to be the best you can be. Just give yourself some credit, man!

 

[User546]

I got my Instrument rating in AZ. Most IMC in a C172 in AZ isn't pretty. I didn't get any actual IMC until after my checkride.

Same story here. Got all my ratings in Arizona, and by the time I had finished all my training, I had a wopping 0.8 of actual in my logbook - and that was in a 172.

First real actual I logged after that was my first flight in a Citation, hitting the soup about 5 seconds after my first takeoff. Talk about trial by fire!

I've never understood why people think that actual is much harder to fly in then in training. Staring and interpreting your gauges is no different when its clear blue skies outside, or you can't see pass the nose cone in IMC. If anything, I strive in IMC enviroments, because you HAVE to be on your game in that situation, or it could have very dire consequences.

Maybe someone can explain it to me.

 

[aeronautic1]

You have to pick your equipment better

I learned a long time ago. Never fly in hard IMC without an autopilot. Believe me, it's worth the extra $10 per hour!!


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