LAST DITCH effort for a 4.0, PILOTS PLEASE HELP ME.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

Pilots, please answer this:

1.) What kind of stress do you have in pre-flight?

2.) What kind of stress do you encounter during flight?

3.) What kind of stress do you encounter post-flight?

-and most importantly...how do you handle it? Do you think you could deal with it better than you do?

Thanky, love-loves! I am trying to impress my professor that isn't very impressed with me right now...

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[PhreeZone 20]

Should'nt those answers be in your textbook and notes?

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Do you think you could deal with it better than you do?

Should be based on your experiences, do you really want to have answers on how othrs better themselves instead of what you should be doing?

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[Kris 0]

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Should'nt those answers be in your textbook and notes?

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Do you think you could deal with it better than you do?

Should be based on your experiences, do you really want to have answers on how othrs better themselves instead of what you should be doing?

I have to agree with Phree's take on this. I found the answers to the first part with a simple Google search, but the last part should really be your own experiences. Maybe this is why your professor isn't really impressed?

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[jasonRose 0]

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Pilots, please answer this:

1.) What kind of stress do you have in pre-flight?

2.) What kind of stress do you encounter during flight?

3.) What kind of stress do you encounter post-flight?

-and most importantly...how do you handle it? Do you think you could deal with it better than you do?

Thanky, love-loves! I am trying to impress my professor that isn't very impressed with me right now...

1) Zero stress unless I find something that makes me make a fly no fly decision.

2) I am not sure if this would be considered stress but I am always looking for emergency landing areas on take off and in-flight I think any good pilot keep emergency procedures with them always. It is similar to skydiving but just more to deal with.

3) Post flight is time for learning you landed with out event so I always have at least a mental debrief.

4) Confidence without arrogance know your limits and if you push them analize the reason why you had too.

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[ACMESkydiver 0]

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Should'nt those answers be in your textbook and notes?

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Do you think you could deal with it better than you do?

Should be based on your experiences, do you really want to have answers on how othrs better themselves instead of what you should be doing?

No, it isn't in my stress management book. My class pertains to stressors in general, my assignment is how it manifests in my given field of study.

You really think the text book is better than personal interview anyway? I speak to pilots and ask them how THEY handle stress in 2005. I am not so interested in how the dude 12 years ago during the initial publishing of our text book handled it.

Asking others how they deal with the stress I will encounter is a bad thing? I seriously have no idea where you are coming from with this line of questioning. If you're not answering the questions, why post to this thread?

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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Should'nt those answers be in your textbook and notes?

And

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Do you think you could deal with it better than you do?

Should be based on your experiences, do you really want to have answers on how othrs better themselves instead of what you should be doing?

I have to agree with Phree's take on this. I found the answers to the first part with a simple Google search, but the last part should really be your own experiences. Maybe this is why your professor isn't really impressed?

You guys aren't getting this...I am NOT A PILOT yet, so how am I going to use my experience??

No my prof isn't impressed based on his perception because he failed to acknowledge and grade 8 of my assignments. His perception of me now is that I will fail this course. I had to send over the original time/date stamp assignments in a huge attachment and basically tell the man 'I did my part. You blew it. Please do your job so I can pass'. -Now obviously I was not going to use that tone, I had to say that I understood if perhaps his computer had system problems getting my emails (), and maybe that's why he failed to return my completed assignments graded. However, the truth is, he didn't complete his end of things and now it looks as if I have been a poor student. Whether that fact is true or not is inconsequential to this last assignment, his perception is what will determine the grade on this assignment. (And unfortunately if he does not complete the grading on my other assignments, I'll have to go to the dean with all of my time/date-stamped material, and I just reeeeally don't want it to have to go that far, I am very non-confrontational in this regard.) (<---I know, I know. Read:Wussy. )

Of course I could Google it. Google is what any shmuck would do. I was trying to add information to my report from people that I have contact with for a specific scenario, perhaps. -How is it different being a jump pilot? I wouldn't know, I have not been a jump pilot, but I may be...you think it's NOT a good idea to interview those involved in your given field PRIOR to throwing yourself into it?

I guess we differ in opinion then. That's ok. I like to be prepared, though.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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1) Zero stress unless I find something that makes me make a fly no fly decision.

2) I am not sure if this would be considered stress but I am always looking for emergency landing areas on take off and in-flight I think any good pilot keep emergency procedures with them always. It is similar to skydiving but just more to deal with.

3) Post flight is time for learning you landed with out event so I always have at least a mental debrief.

4) Confidence without arrogance know your limits and if you push them analize the reason why you had too.

Awesome, thank you! -Looking for an emergency out...that is a stressor, by our working definition, if you notice a physiological change because of it: e.g., pulse goes up even slightly, you feel the slightest bit of anxiety, respirations increase, y'know the basic stuff.
Your #4 would probably be a bit tense or difficult if you went beyond your limits and had to figure out why. Fear of failure now or in the future. That's something I hadn't even considered.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[wilmshurst 0]

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Pilots, please answer this:

1.) What kind of stress do you have in pre-flight?

2.) What kind of stress do you encounter during flight?

3.) What kind of stress do you encounter post-flight?

-and most importantly...how do you handle it? Do you think you could deal with it better than you do?

I'm a pilot but not a jump pilot. Hope this is helpful.

1.) Pre-flight stress is normally time related -eg, if have to get aircraft ready, fly, and get back before the time I have booked expires.

2.) Most stressful time during flight is landing and cleaning a/c up if doing a touch-and-go. My landings are always better if the landing is at the end of the flight - ie, if it is a full stop followed by taxiing. I guess because I don't have to worry about continuing the flight, just about stopping the aircraft.

3.) Only post-flight stress would be if I was being assessed and was waiting to find out how I did. That would likely add to stress during flight as well.

4.) Dealing with stress:
- Be in a good place when I arrive to fly (plenty of sleep, fed and watered, have done any required 'book' prep)
- Good preparation for flight - work on the ground eliminates work in the air (eg, flight planning)
- Having someone fly with you - even just to hold maps, pens etc. A small reduction in workload makes a big difference on stress and you only have so many hands.
- Minimise the number of things that change between flights (eg, aircraft and instructor)

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[LearningTOfly 0]

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Pilots, please answer this:

1.) What kind of stress do you have in pre-flight?

2.) What kind of stress do you encounter during flight?

3.) What kind of stress do you encounter post-flight?

-and most importantly...how do you handle it? Do you think you could deal with it better than you do?

Thanky, love-loves! I am trying to impress my professor that isn't very impressed with me right now...

1. Preflight stress usually comes when you're doing something new (i.e. there is some uncertainty in your mind as to whether you are doing it right or not)- whether it be cross country, at night, IFR etc. Timing and making fly/ no fly calls when the weather is unclear (as mentioned) also adds.

2. Again, significant stress here usually comes when a new situation presents itself. Otherwise, stress levels are moderate because you much stay on top of all details all the time.

3. Thinking about those new situations encountered and whether you handled them correctly.

How I handle it- think ahead- I know where I'm going before I get there. Stay ahead of the airplane, and know the available 'outs'. Stress levels decrease as experience increases- this experience gives the comfort of knowing that you did it right.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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4.) Dealing with stress:
- Be in a good place when I arrive to fly (plenty of sleep, fed and watered, have done any required 'book' prep)
- Good preparation for flight - work on the ground eliminates work in the air (eg, flight planning)
- Having someone fly with you - even just to hold maps, pens etc. A small reduction in workload makes a big difference on stress and you only have so many hands.
- Minimise the number of things that change between flights (eg, aircraft and instructor)

Your whole post was great, but I wanted to comment on this last part especially. Being physiologically ready to fly is a biggie we've discussed in aviation, so I'm taking it to heart. I have slept 3 hours in the past day and a half, so I'm going to bed here in about 15 minutes to rest up prior to flying later this afternoon. I know I'll have an instructor there, and this will be my first truly 'instructed' flight, however, I definitely don't want to get in the habit of half-a$$ing myself physically for a flight just because someone else is there with me. I need to pay attention, and I won't get enough out of it if I'm exhausted.

Thanks, I will include that in my study.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

[ACMESkydiver 0]

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1. Preflight stress usually comes when you're doing something new (i.e. there is some uncertainty in your mind as to whether you are doing it right or not)- whether it be cross country, at night, IFR etc. Timing and making fly/ no fly calls when the weather is unclear (as mentioned) also adds.

2. Again, significant stress here usually comes when a new situation presents itself. Otherwise, stress levels are moderate because you much stay on top of all details all the time.

3. Thinking about those new situations encountered and whether you handled them correctly.

How I handle it- think ahead- I know where I'm going before I get there. Stay ahead of the airplane, and know the available 'outs'. Stress levels decrease as experience increases- this experience gives the comfort of knowing that you did it right.

Good answers, as a brand spankin' new student pilot, I'll keep this in mind.

~Jaye
Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.