Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
Wow, are you trying to keep me from going? I appreciate the attempt to provide a little fear and panic, but I'm going flying tomorrow.
And of course I'll be a passenger. Way to harsh the buzz.
Just being realistic, new pilots have the confidence without the skill or critical decision making. I was a low time pilot once, so I can speak from some experience. Most mistakes are little things that don't have a direct bearing on the successful outcome of the flight, but others were more serious, like the time I landed without checking that the passenger had their feet off the footrests (AKA rudder pedals & toebrakes). I saw the fence on the side of the runway coming at me as the plane started to slew off the runway. Or the time I got to about 500ft in the pattern and realized I hadn't checked the oil level, or the time I experienced my first carb ice, or the time I didn't ask ATC to repeat that intersection spelling which was the IAF for the instrument approach and spent 5 minutes trying to find it in the GPS database....
Enjoy your flight, stay safe....
- Tim