What to take Home?

• Accidents are unusual.
  • Many accidents happen to good pilots who just happen to fly into illusion situations.
• "Illusions" are a form of "pilot error" -
  • The pilot isn't aware of making the error.
• Seek redundant information.
  • Suspend belief in "the obvious."
• Keep your head on a swivel.
  • (To avoid stabilization.)
• Avoid Fixation (of attention)
  • This is a form of sensory deprivation, a kind of fog or cloud that masks ambient cues.
• Keep your head out of the cockpit in the pattern.
• Avoid head movements during and after turns.
  • Move your eyes, not your head.
  • When you must move your head in a turn, discipline yourself not to move the controls.

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