“……thoughts like,
"I don't think I can manage this," change into, "I am making a
command decision, and it’s a no go." Once you stop second guessing your
ability flying gets a whole lot easier.”
I’ve been away for a few days and have come back home with a nasty
cold. I always get a cold this time of year, I can pinpoint when I’ll succumb
to almost exactly the week each year. It’s the special combination of the kids
being back long enough to incubate the germs and my most stressful time of the
year.
Last year I agonised over whether I should fly or not, trying to
decide at what point you become too sick to fly. I spent hours trying to weigh
up the pros and cons, the regression in my skills caused by a gap in my
training vs the potential harm of flying when sick.
This time there was no question in my mind, as soon as I felt the all-too-familiar-symptoms
kicking off, my first thought was “crap! I guess I won’t be flying this weekend
then.”
I don’t know if the decision was easier because I’m confident enough
in my own abilities that I know that a week won’t make much difference in the
long term or that now I’m flying solo I’m very much aware that solo+sick is a
potentially deadly combo but I do have a suspicion that Flyinkiwi is exactly
right. I made a command decision, I stuck with it. And I feel OK about that,
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