What did you struggle with the most during flight school?
Posted by Less-Zookeepergame-5@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 28 comments
Posted by Less-Zookeepergame-5@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 28 comments
ffrenchy123@reddit
Being rush to finish so that new students could come in.
ReadyplayerParzival1@reddit
Holds in instrument, self explanatory. In commercial it was 8’s on pylons. It’s really not a hard maneuver once you get into it, just the setup was so confusing for me.
jetfixxer720@reddit
Trying not to tell everyone I meet that I’m a pilot.
Chef-mcKech@reddit
Me with 10 hours solo gliding experience
Icy-Bar-9712@reddit
Ooooooh, close 2nd!
Icy-Bar-9712@reddit
Pretty sure the top answer is going to end up:
Paying for it.
HokieAero@reddit
Yup. And the time. Lots of time spent driving to and from the airport, hanging around the airport watching airplanes, chit-chatting at the airport ... all the while keeping a job and the other joys of life.
LetUsGetTheBread@reddit
Weather.
xqEk@reddit
For me: Maintaining situational awareness of other aircraft by listening to the radios. Because I was busy focusing on what I was going to do with my own airplane. A good example would be noticing that ATC has put a much faster airplane type right behind you on approach and then you anticipate the next call from them will be for you to expedite or do a 360.
agha0013@reddit
air law... written exam portion on air law was always my worst, and I struggled to study properly for it.
Doesn't help that the people who write the test questions love playing tiny little format games to try and trick you on something you absolutely will not need to suddenly remember in the middle of an emergency procedure though.
A lot of it seems somewhat arbitrary, and you have to pay real close attention to the tiniest details. Like a question about certain types of airspace, do they start AT a specific altitude, or ABOVE a specific altitude, even if the difference is basically one foot.
Timely_Top_6878@reddit
Mine was freeeeeeee
CessnaBandit@reddit
Getting in and out of a PA28
_Abe_Froman_SKOC@reddit
VORs. Fuck those demonic devices and whoever designed them.
Bindaas-Being@reddit
The most difficult device to comprehend.
Altimeter & other gauges 🥰 Squawk 😄 Frequencies 😘 Mechanical controls 😍 VOR 👺
Desmondoss333@reddit
Hover man, it was very difficult to learn, took me a significant amount of time even after I tried everything from exercises to visualisation and sim for hours
star744jets@reddit
Angry instructorthat hit my hand with a 2x4
Late-Mathematician55@reddit
Crosswind landings.
82yukonXL@reddit
Bad Weather make it less flying
Always_working_hardd@reddit
Being placed with instructors who didn't give a shit.
joebroke@reddit
Not being able to finish because of the psych meds I'm on for PTSD. 15 years later I'm not on them but have too many obligations to start again.
8cuban@reddit
Stalls. The sudden drop scared the shit out of me all throughout my training. Then i did an hour of spin training in a Decathlon and after that not only was i no longer afraid of stalls i became an aerobatic pilot eventually owning a Pitts.
Kingofpotat0@reddit
Overcoming my fear of flying
trapercreek@reddit
Night landings w heavy jets behind me in the pattern. Lots of no flap, quick off the main landings.
Over-Conflict6231@reddit
Flight school is easy. It takes a modicum of dedication and discipline.
slpater@reddit
Try the r/flying subreddit.
That one is more pilot oriented
railker@reddit
Motion sickness.
Usually don't get it that bad, but hot summer days, turbulence and maneuvers. I've heard you can push through it and get over it, but my primary thought was getting caught in unexpected conditions and being distracted from the airplane by nausea.
That and the expense killed it. But put double digits worth of hours into it and worth every minute even if it didn't go anywhere career wise.
Qwert808808@reddit
Financing flight school
Jackfruit71618@reddit
Flying