Train as if your life depended on it
He would keep the engine cut until it was clear whether I had made the right decision in terms of procedures and emergency landing options, or was about to write us off. I apply this method of training to this day, albeit in self-defence scenarios.
Recently I was sitting in my vehicle at the fuel pumps, with a new student in the passenger seat, when I suddenly asked him what course of action he would take should the armed guard in the doorway of the convenience store suddenly start shooting.
Wrong decisions
His quizzical look made me realise he had never played out such scenarios in his head. This also means he would probably make the wrong decision, or no decision at all, should such an event actually occur. Like a rabbit raised in a cage, suddenly thrown out into the wild. Likely to be eaten.
