A pilot has overcome his fears. He has replaced superstition
with rational thinking and knowledge. It takes a special degree
of courage to face your instinctive fears, over come them only
the face those things that deserve to be feared. The conquering
of these fears must be approached gradually and can be proven
to be partially overcome by passing the FAA flight test.
To become a pilot one must become a time and energy manager.
Finding the time in this day and age requires sacrifice and perseverance.
A pilot must forgo immediate pleasures. However, it is difficult
to devote study and money into what can only be perceived as an
improbable future.
As a pilot you become a different person. You have reached
down into yourself and found new levels of self-reliance. New
heights of confidence and assurance make it possible for you to
challenge your teachers. Make them prove to you their way to perform
works. You have learned to share responsibility if you must and
to take total charge when required. You have confidence in doing
those things you know you can do. You are also willing to accept
your limitations by not doing those things you are not qualified
for. You know what you know with certainty. You accept humbly
that there is much you do know and much more may never know. You
have learned to replace resignation and panic with planning and
anticipation.
As a pilot you take care of your physical self just as you
take care of your plane. You are moderate in your demands of your
peers except when it comes to safety. Humor is a part of your
personality. You can find a laugh in the direst of circumstance.
The costs, waste, delay, and failures of the system are accepted
as a fact of aviation life to be laughed at when there is no other
recourse.
The joys of flying build with each experience. Experience builds
on past experience in an ever-growing pyramid. Confidence builds
in your own capability to deal successfully with the present and
in anticipation of what the future offers. Flying success is built
on faith. You have faith that the design and operation of the
engine, the airplane, and all its parts will continue to operate
in approved fashion. You have faith that the electronics of the
plane and system will provide reliable guidance and communications.
You have faith that at the certain speed the airplane will fly
and that the runway will be below the wheels even though you cannot
see it at touchdown. You have faith in yourself and confidence
that what you have planned is both possible but worthy of doing.
Together all things built on your faith makes flying the most
rewarding individual achievement you will ever have.
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