Student on lesson 14 still could not hold heading in the pattern. Turns out he…

Dana Kowalski in CFI Lounge

Student on lesson 14 still could not hold heading in the pattern. Turns out he had been staring at the instruments the entire downwind. A piece of paper over the six pack fixed it in one flight. Sometimes the problem is not the skill.

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Karen Whitfield

The paper trick works on 30 year airline pilots in the sim too. Nobody outgrows target fixation.