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by Dalewyn
915 days ago
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>since it teaches new students bad habits, like keeping their heads down and focusing on instruments. The chief cause of pilot error is the pilot trusting what he can see out the window and feel with his body, refusing to use or perhaps even in defiance to the aircraft's instruments. Having a habit of flying on instruments even under VFR is a good thing because the instruments are generally significantly more reliable than human intuition. |
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VFR flying should be 90% done looking outside, with an occasional cross check of altitude and heading inside. I'm visual conditions, there is nothing your instruments can tell you that your eyes can't, except slight deviations in altitude and heading.
If you need your instruments to avoid hitting things, you are probably in instrument conditions.