http://www.askacfi.com/434/is-it-healthy-to-be-my-harshest-critic.htm Flight Training Questions Answered Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:02:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.askacfi.com/434/is-it-healthy-to-be-my-harshest-critic.htm/comment-page-1#comment-895 Rich pilots are safer | Plastic Pilot Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:02:29 +0000 http://www.askacfi.com/?p=434#comment-895 [...] of checklists and to keep a fluent radio phraseology. There is nothing like a perfect flight (click here to read more about that from Paul on askacfi.com) but I flying more re-inforces self-confidence and enlarges ones comfort zone. By the time I flew [...] [...] of checklists and to keep a fluent radio phraseology. There is nothing like a perfect flight (click here to read more about that from Paul on askacfi.com) but I flying more re-inforces self-confidence and enlarges ones comfort zone. By the time I flew [...]

]]> http://www.askacfi.com/434/is-it-healthy-to-be-my-harshest-critic.htm/comment-page-1#comment-854 Mark Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:37:26 +0000 http://www.askacfi.com/?p=434#comment-854 I have to agree with Paul. When it comes to having confidence as a pilot, the extremes are what really make me nervous. As an instructor, what I want to see is someone who has a balanced opinion of their abilities. Remember, when you are PIC, you are in charge, and a lack of confidence could be a killer. Having said that, to much confidence can also be a killer. It really is all about balance. I have to agree with Paul. When it comes to having confidence as a pilot, the extremes are what really make me nervous. As an instructor, what I want to see is someone who has a balanced opinion of their abilities. Remember, when you are PIC, you are in charge, and a lack of confidence could be a killer. Having said that, to much confidence can also be a killer. It really is all about balance.

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