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The CFI let you do all those things?

• leetrout 7y ago
  “Let”... he was just as distracted as I was. Not a single plane in the sky and smooth afternoon air for a change. Tuning in the ILS for me and being my eyes out the window safety pilot. Complacency got us. On the flip side the chief was a hardass and would make me call the tower and get clearance to land before beginning my descent while running the pattern. Other schools / instructors always made a call on short final to remind the tower we were still out there but the chief would fly a 10 mile downwind before he would descend and turn base without clearance. Now I think he really did know something
• dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  Everyone was expecting things to go a certain way so nobody noticed that the radio communication hadn't actually been made. Had he tried to do something nonsensical approach/tower/CFI would have noticed and said something.