Mind over matter
I really enjoyed the article “Right Seat: Mind Over Matter” from the October issue of the Flight Training magazine. It gives great information and advice about getting out of your comfort zone. These are all things that my instructor told me during training. I got my certificate about nine months ago so I am still a very new pilot, and this article proved that even someone who has been flying for a long time made the mistakes when they were a new pilot like me.
Justin Edmonds
Moorpark, California
The little things
Jill W. Tallman’s article “Special Treatment,” about how to navigate areas around Washington, D.C., is special beyond anything to do with aviation. Tallman made my heart sing by following a rule that magically and mysteriously disappeared some 20 or more years ago: the use of a penultimate comma in a series of three or more. I can think of few grammatical rules that serve a greater purpose for clarity and elimination of ambiguity than a comma after the penultimate item in a series.
Paul Shelton
Tukwila, Washington
ERRATA
A sidebar to “Special Treatment” (October 2018 Flight Training) references “a third hijacked jet” in the attacks of September 11, 2001. The attacks involved four jets.
“Career Pilot: Taskmasters” (November 2018 Flight Training) omitted a numeral in a reference to FAR Part 183, which applies to representatives such as designated pilot examiners. Also, the requirement for 300 pilot-in-command hours is for the past 12 months, not month.
Flight Training regrets the errors.
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