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Old 11-19-2016, 12:04 PM
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but there are a lot of people that would be alive today if when the engine quit they trimmed for a lowest sink rate glide and then sat on their hands and took what they got.... A minimum speed, in control impact with the ground is probably survivable in most all light aircraft.
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Forty five or so years ago, my instructor had this saying--------

"When a crash is inevitable, hit the softest thing you can-----as slowly as possible."
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Old 11-19-2016, 12:22 PM
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Yep.

Forty five or so years ago, my instructor had this saying--------

"When a crash is inevitable, hit the softest thing you can-----as slowly as possible."
This is where I think simulator training can play a better role. I think we should use simulators to practice crashing.

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Old 11-19-2016, 12:58 PM
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One of the best classes I have taken as a firefighter was on "physiological response to stress". The takeaway was that "you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training". Unless you have practiced responding to a situation repeatedly, you will very likely get it wrong under severe stress. In these situations, you lose all fine motor skills (which could make it hard to secure a door), get narrowed vision, and have almost no critical thinking skills. There is simply no way to assure the proper response until you've ingrained it in your subconscious mind. As they say, don't train until you get it right, train until you can't get it wrong.

I have learned to temper judgement of actions taken by people under severe stress.

Chris
What this means for me is to stay calm and dont try anything too tough in an emergency. Never thought about it before but in my past times of stress, this was evident. Guess i am like everyone else.
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