2.9 (3) Epilogue (Finale)

When I arrived at Japan, I saw beautiful sunset illuminating the pink sky.

In my past post of 2.4（2）TSA Fingerprint Registration | 自家用操縦士訓練物語～超怖がりな私が空を飛んだ日（My PPL Training Days） (ameblo.jp), I stated that I had set three objectives before starting this flight training. Have these objectives fulfilled?

1. Stay calm at any time (I easily get into a panic, break my heart, and sensitive, which I wanted to overcome.

~ I’m now far from “always calm” and sometimes lose heart and astonished with unexpected and sudden events. Most recently, when I opened the entrance door, a gecko fell from above. But at least, I have understood who I am more deeply, resulting in more and more situations where I try to calm my mind and attitude in encountering various problems. I will continue to feel the pain of others through numerous experiences, figure out how I want to respond, and act in accordance therewith.

2. Become multitask-oriented (I’m convergence-oriented, so I wanted to transform into divergence-oriented).

~ Hmm... I’m not sure. It depends on how we define multitask. For example, I came to manage to "make a climbing turn while responding to ATC instructions and scanning outside, as well as decide timing of level off," but this can be automatically conducted by repeated training. So, I don't think this is multitasking.

To evaluate this objective, I haven't studied enough. I need to deepen my understanding about what multitasking is.

The Aviation Instructor's Handbook issued by Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) says that although multitasking is often considered to be the above, that leads to false confidence. The human's brain cannot process two things at the same time, and people cannot listen to two conversations at the same time. Therefore, multitasking is priotizing several tasks. Choosing one task and postponing other task is easy to cause us to forget the deferred task completely. This is interesting viewpoint.

So we have to quickly switch from one task to another or it can be said we have no time to spend reminiscing. This reminds me of that I couldn't spend reminiscing about good things while flying. I believe most pilots are the same.

"Aviation Instructor's Handbook": AIH Chapter 3: The Learning Process (faa.gov)　←So interesting handbook!

Anyway, at least, I came to realize the necessity of dividing attention and have been taking such action more and more.

3. Successfully communicate with ATC controllers (it would be cool if I could do this and I wanted to better speak English).

Considering that becoming a certified private pilot means you communicate with controllers and other pilots in a satisfactory manner. However, I want to do much more fluently as native English speakers do. In addition, since we proceed with the next stage of flight training, we need to learn more. So, my answer is that I have fulfilled this objective only to the extent to the PPL requirements. But I’m not satisfied with this.

As stated above, it is so vague about whether or not I have fulfilled the three objectives.

It’s much beyond the “meaning.” It is a kind of “impact.”

My life thereafter has dramatically changed. That doesn’t mean I moved from a small house to a big house, or I came to conjure up something I want.

Meanwhile, that doesn't mean I made a good memory. It is much beyond that. Someone told me that I’ve gotten a good topic to talk about, to which I completely disagree.

It was a tremendously huge impact that I saw a world that I have never seen before, which made me grow through experiencing what I really like while laughing and crying. It may be like an impact having when you find breathtaking landscapes in traveling. No one can bring money, houses, treasures with them after reaching another world, but this impact or experiences can be brought with my heart.

Furthermore, having reached an awareness of doing the best and leaving the rest to the heavens is also one of the impacts.

I stated several times that I knew an occupation of CFI for the first time in the flight training. Also, if you have read this blog from the starting post, it would be easy to understand that successful flight training rely on proper collaboration between student pilots and CFIs. These also represent one of the impacts.

It was so lucky to meet a CFI who taught me keeping flying fun. Considering there are positive and negative people in every world, meeting such a person is meaningful in my life.

It can be said that if any CFI involved in my flight training who sets his/her basic objective to impart flying fun to student pilots, such objective has fulfilled 100 % (or more).

Looking at the world, I think this can happen in other situations than flight training or meeting CFIs. Anyone grows around joy, grief, and anger, etc. while meeting and parting other people. This reminds me of that any bitter memories can be transformed into something like pure water.

I see business marking with a catch copy saying “Let’s make your dream come true” in terms of a pilot and others. I agree it is important to have a dream in one’s life and try to make it come true. However, I think we should be careful of those who recognize such people only as a tool for making money. I also wonder if it is fair for employers to hire or treat employees unjustly taking advantage of his/her dream. It may be squeezing.

I personally think that both passion and cool head are required when making dream come true. You should gain insight to see through true motive of the catch copy saying, “Let us help you make your dream come true.” It is not so easy to help those make their dream come true. It is not good that those who have gotten a taste of the real world take advance take advance of the "dream" of those who haven't had gained social experiences. Meanwhile, you should be grateful to meeting those who watch over you based on affection as a human.

Many years have passed since I flew in US for the first time. I am satisfied with experiencing another flight training for the instrument rating several years later. After unexpected things have further occurred since then, the days I flew in US are still so precious to me.

They say that there are other aviation nations where lots of small aircraft fly, not only large jetliners, like USA. So, I want to try an introductory flight in such country someday to explore breathtaking landscapes that I like. Adventure called the "LIFE" will continue.

Fly High, Fly Free, Be the Bird You Are! (Finale)