Visualization... humm... i've seen this before. I've seen it when i got a 1 on my commercial manuvers when i did them better than my instructor. (not to brag of course.) but i know for a fact some of my students will be great pilots automatically, and i will strive to make them all better than i am. I want to see them surpass me so i someday can give them a 1 on their manuvers. one way i will tell them to study or improve is to visualize. visualize their manuvers by chair flying. -we all have done it, so pass it on.
Every landing is like a fingerprint, no two are alike. every landing is a different new situation that one has to perfect. visualizing a perfect approach or seeing an approach that needs to be corrected are all skills aquired by doing. flying and flying once again gives you a great picture on how an approach should look. Its something based on timing, keen flight skills, thinking ahead, and visioning. recognize a poor approach and correcting for it is an art. -an art i want to teach students
Every pilot thinks their the best, and every pilot loves to talk about their stories, but what really does make a good captain? what makes him ready for his future career, ha, his stories? possibly... but one thing that makes a great future captain is paying attention to his required training and putting it into skills or real scenarios. listing to others talk or communicate is a great example to learn. I use to go to my local FBO every day and listen to pilots talk in the lounge, and i'd converse with them. -and that was the most i've EVER learned. -hearing another's opinion or situation.
