Still Learning to Fly

<p>Flying is an apprenticeship trade. Connections between generations are essential to the passing-on of hard-won skills. But this chain of experience is vulnerable to well-meaning safety measures. Regulation training procedures and automation can all have consequences unforeseen at their implementation.</p><p>This is borne out by the accident history. But there is no need to repeat it. We can learn from those who paid the ultimate price.</p><p>Even as I now leave my trade after fifty-five years I am still learning to fly. This book is my attempt to pass forward some of what I have come slowly to understand.</p><p></p><p>I wanted to teach a class that was in effect a grad seminar for pilots who already had their Airline Transport Pilot Rating. But time was catching up with me so I wrote this book instead.</p>