Lindberg
Final Approach
If you think the OP is NOT a troll, then I think someone should report him to the FAA. He is a threat to himself and others.
Harold Rutila
Pre-takeoff checklist
Can you give us an example or two? Close calls aren't a foreign topic to any experienced pilot, but if it's self-destructive tendencies driving your thought processes, that's when you should consider getting help.
blueskyMD
Pre-takeoff checklist
You did not gave details of events or your thought process about why you think of yourself in such way, that would have been helpful.
When I started flight training near Fort Wayne IN in 2002 we had couple of high profile GA accidents in the area and it scared the hell out of me. I almost thought about quitting the training. But I continued and after I got my ticket I started out with extreme caution and I still play big chicken every time there is bad weather. Difference is in the past I did not go but now I launch fully prepared to spend night somewhere other than my destination and always have a way out. Now I refuse to cancel flight jus because there is chance of icing or possibility of TS. But I still have knot in my stomach when I launch. I guess that fear keeps me alive.
One more thing I did when I got really scared of GA was I started reading accident reports on NTSB website especially type of plane I flew, and there are plenty of them. I learned a lot and for some reason it had calming effect on me by knowing what got them into trouble and somehow helped me avoid those situations.
When I started flight training near Fort Wayne IN in 2002 we had couple of high profile GA accidents in the area and it scared the hell out of me. I almost thought about quitting the training. But I continued and after I got my ticket I started out with extreme caution and I still play big chicken every time there is bad weather. Difference is in the past I did not go but now I launch fully prepared to spend night somewhere other than my destination and always have a way out. Now I refuse to cancel flight jus because there is chance of icing or possibility of TS. But I still have knot in my stomach when I launch. I guess that fear keeps me alive.
One more thing I did when I got really scared of GA was I started reading accident reports on NTSB website especially type of plane I flew, and there are plenty of them. I learned a lot and for some reason it had calming effect on me by knowing what got them into trouble and somehow helped me avoid those situations.