Private Pilot Flight Training and Instruction Flight Training Article Library | Back To 4VFR.COM Subtle Fatigue This problem often begins with a distraction that causes fixation on an instrument or occurrence. Complex flight operations are the first skills to deteriorate. Silence prevails Seat posture relaxes Bad judgment prevails Instruments are ignored Attention and vision fixates Eye/hand skills begin to fail Writing becomes less linear Heading excursions take place Movements decrease and slow Clearances cannot be copied in total Knowing where you are becomes a problem Pilot accepts what exists as O.K. without checking External references begin to fade from consciousness Written by Gene Whitt Flight Training Article Library | Back To 4VFR.COM