Something I realized about instrument training...

Flying season is starting to pick back up, the weather is getting better, and I’ve noticed a lot of new pilots joining the GlideScope family lately - so first off, welcome!

Honestly, one of my favorite parts of this whole project has become the community growing around a simple idea: helping pilots come back home safely after every flight.

After the last note about not chasing the perfect field, I started having conversations with quite a few instrument pilots and CFIIs.

What surprised me was how mixed the answers were when I asked:

“Did you actually practice engine failures during instrument training?”

Most pilots talked about it in theory (including myself when I got my IFR ticket)…
but very few had actually gone out and done it.

So I decided to go fly and try it for real with a good buddy of mine under the foggles.

And honestly - it was eye-opening.

It’s one of those things where the value becomes obvious the moment you experience it, and you quickly realize you don’t want the first time to be a real emergency.

That’s really why I wanted to share it.  Just to make sure more pilots know this scenario exists so you can choose to practice it before it ever matters.

Big thanks to my friend who jumped in the airplane with me to work through it!

A theme that keeps coming up lately is how important decision-making practice really is.

Sometimes you have great options.
Sometimes you have almost none...except to be ahead of the airplane and know your 'out.'

Those few seconds of decision-making can be the difference between coming back home after the flight… or not.

If you’d like to come along for the backseat ride, I shared the full flight here:

>> Watch the training flight

It’s a longer video (17 min) — grab a coffee, listen to the communications, and just absorb the thought process.  :)