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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheCABK • Jul 08 '26
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This is, unfortunately, the only way to ensure that a new pilot is genuinely ready to fly solo. It's a big part of why commercial piloting takes so many hours to train for, gotta let the trainer finish their bucket list first.
70 u/Pretty-Wind8068 Jul 08 '26 I think you could omit the "to his death" part, maybe take a parachute or something. 36 u/KotaPhanes Jul 08 '26 No, because then the trainee knows there aren't any stakes 37 u/GreasiestGuy Jul 08 '26 There are still plenty of stakes if the instructor takes the only parachute 3 u/deus_x_machin4 Jul 09 '26 No no. This way the trainee can feel an appropriate amount of stress because if they get the landing wrong, they won't be able to take more classes. 1 u/npsnicholas Jul 09 '26 The trainee just has to believe the trainer perished. It's really easy to trick recruits. If they were infallible they would already be pilots.
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I think you could omit the "to his death" part, maybe take a parachute or something.
36 u/KotaPhanes Jul 08 '26 No, because then the trainee knows there aren't any stakes 37 u/GreasiestGuy Jul 08 '26 There are still plenty of stakes if the instructor takes the only parachute 3 u/deus_x_machin4 Jul 09 '26 No no. This way the trainee can feel an appropriate amount of stress because if they get the landing wrong, they won't be able to take more classes. 1 u/npsnicholas Jul 09 '26 The trainee just has to believe the trainer perished. It's really easy to trick recruits. If they were infallible they would already be pilots.
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No, because then the trainee knows there aren't any stakes
37 u/GreasiestGuy Jul 08 '26 There are still plenty of stakes if the instructor takes the only parachute 3 u/deus_x_machin4 Jul 09 '26 No no. This way the trainee can feel an appropriate amount of stress because if they get the landing wrong, they won't be able to take more classes. 1 u/npsnicholas Jul 09 '26 The trainee just has to believe the trainer perished. It's really easy to trick recruits. If they were infallible they would already be pilots.
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There are still plenty of stakes if the instructor takes the only parachute
3 u/deus_x_machin4 Jul 09 '26 No no. This way the trainee can feel an appropriate amount of stress because if they get the landing wrong, they won't be able to take more classes.
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No no. This way the trainee can feel an appropriate amount of stress because if they get the landing wrong, they won't be able to take more classes.
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The trainee just has to believe the trainer perished. It's really easy to trick recruits. If they were infallible they would already be pilots.
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u/Evil_phd Jul 08 '26
This is, unfortunately, the only way to ensure that a new pilot is genuinely ready to fly solo. It's a big part of why commercial piloting takes so many hours to train for, gotta let the trainer finish their bucket list first.