Ren Baron Confesses "My Worst 10 Minutes As A Pilot"

[@RussellKempster]

Respect Ren, respect.

[@f-16guy30]

Never forget: 1. Aviate- 30 degree right turn to avoid TFR 2. Navigate- "fly a northwest heading" 3. Communicate- sometimes to yourself: autopilot on, get my checklists done. Great lessons. BTW, don't forget the NASA ASRS form. I prob would have submitted one because of the TFR violation. It's almost a get out of jail free card !!

[@TheRenBaron]

I'm not familiar with NASA ASRS form. What is that?

[@f-16guy30]

@@TheRenBaron Ren, here's a link that describes the program: asrs.arc.nasa.gov/overview/immunity.html Basically, if you incur the possibility of receiving flight violation (flying in a TFR for example), submitting an ASRS form ASAP, you stand a good chance of NOT getting a flight violation (certain conditions apply. See below)). I have submitted my share during my aviation career ! This is an excellent program. "Accordingly, although a finding of violation may be made, neither a civil penalty nor certificate suspension will be imposed if: The violation was inadvertent and not deliberate; The violation did not involve a criminal offense, accident, or action under 49 U.S.C. § 44709, which discloses a lack of qualification or competency, which is wholly excluded from this policy; The person has not been found in any prior FAA enforcement action to have committed a violation of 49 U.S.C. subtitle VII, or any regulation promulgated there for a period of 5 years prior to the date of occurrence; and The person proves that, within 10 days after the violation, or date when the person became aware or should have been aware of the violation, he or she completed and delivered or mailed a written report of the incident or occurrence to NASA."

[@normzareski9301]

As a relatively new subscriber I just came upon this video (late to the party) today (20JAN2021) and wanted to buy you a beer for reminding me of some of the dumb things from my flying past. As stated, we all did (do) dumb things and like you, I always felt the need to own my errors. I'm an 82 year old PWI SEL and I intentionally aged out of flying around the busy SoCal airspace (KTOA) a few years ago because I didn't want to repeat some of these same mistakes and maybe bruise something other that my ego. Over the years I have learned from my errors and became a better pilot and tried very hard to keep learning so I could avoid the next serious blunder. With about 1000 hours, only once was I asked to copy the dreaded phone number, another humbling but teachable moment. It was fun (sometimes scary) while it lasted, but at least I can say "I'm an old pilot."

[@Wolficorntv]

This was a good reminder to have a game plan before blindly asking for taxi instructions at an unfamiliar field. I think that one mistake created the brain freeze that resulted in the ensuing mistakes. We've all been there at one time or another. Thx for posting.

[@TheRenBaron]

I agree 100% with your assessment! Not my finest moment but a great lesson learned. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@Wolficorntv]

@@TheRenBaron I was curious about your background after seeing the Incubus stuff in the b/g. Very cool and small world. I'm friends with the Audiovent guys and actually flew out to Phoenix and filmed a recent reunion concert of theirs. Here's the YT video, in case you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6TGYXp9rqdglbM . I'm based at WHP. See you up there in the blue skies!

[@TheRenBaron]

Do you know Ben Einziger?

[@Wolficorntv]

The Ren Baron Yup. And Jason. Plus a good friend (and fellow pilot) is the new drummer.

[@TheRenBaron]

Tell Ben I said hello next time you see him! Cheers-Ren

[@billfly2186]

Love your honesty. All you needed was your ears and a compass. I see too much fiddling with electronics on easy VFR flights all over the internet.. For me, part of the joy of flying is looking out the window and "feeling" the airplane.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks Bill. As ugly as that was it wound up being a great learning experience in the end. I spend the time I need to spend studying what I need to do on the ground...before I start flying. And I take all the time I need now to understand exactly what I do once I'm in the air, particularly so in a busy airspace like Miami. And when I so that right its alot easier to get my eyes out the window and fly the plane 'into the picture'. Thanks for taking the time to post. Much appreciated. Cheers-Ren

[@chasemorgan7545]

Ren you have balls bigger than most of us to post this video!!! I was cringing, but at the same time was extremely inspired to see your level of humility which far too many people lack. Love your videos!

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks Chase. My best and most lasting lessons in both flying and life have often come from mistakes. Fortunately none of the them have been showstoppers and I typically don't revisit the scene of the 'crimes' again. Learning to fly can definitely be a humbling experience and I don't mind sharing a little of my humble pie with others if it can help somebody else avoid the same mistakes. Cheers-Ren

[@geddoherty7131]

Steve you are an inspiration ! Thanks for your honesty. Can't tell you how many times my brain has frozen and I can't seem to put one foot in front of the other. Learnt so much watching this thank you old friend ! Cheers ged

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks Ged! Funny I used to know a great old chap from England back in the day. Is that you old bean?

[@caseykoeppel9224]

Ren! Is this video for real! You are the most well-organized pilot I’ve seen on KZbin! Calculating missed approach procedures on visual approaches, which taxiway you’ll take after landing before you touch down, and keeping detailed engine temperatures in your engine logs during flight. This may have been a day that sleeping in could have been well-deserved. Thankfully everything turned out great. As far as avoiding the TFR, ATC should only expect a standard rate turn. Aerobatics shouldn’t be needed to avoid TFRs. Keep up the great work sharing your flying experiences!

[@TheRenBaron]

Well Casey sadly this is for real. It happened very early in my Cirrus days on our very first cross country trip in the plane. My greatest fear when I first started flying my Cirrus was that I had more plane than pilot and this video offers some proof that my fears were not totally unwarranted. My wife was taking a commercial flight back to LA from Miami and I was going to be flying solo back to LA. For the record I was well rested and had just flown back from the Bahamas to Miami. I was on my way to see a friend in Virginia before heading west. All the things you noted above that I'm doing now could be reasonably traced back to the lessons I learned right here on this little mini disaster of a flight. And while I've made a fair share of faux pas since this day the good news is that I've become a much better and more boring pilot since. For all the new pilots out there who are just starting let this be an example of how important it is to be honest about your screw ups, learn from your mistakes and commit to getting better. As quickly as possible. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@JonMulveyGuitar]

This is why you have a devoted following here. Most pilots would never show this great lesson. I am into my IFR training and the coms and planning are much more involved. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheRenBaron]

Well for better of worse some of my greatest lessons learning to fly and learning life and biz have come from some miserable screwups. This one has been indelibly imprinted in my mind and it's never happened again. Thanks for posting Jon. Cheers-Ren

[@JonMulveyGuitar]

@@TheRenBaron Thanks Ren! The wife has gotten very excited about flying thanks to seeing you and your wife’s travel vlogs here. We are planning our first big XC to Pagosa Co. I am finishing my IFR cert. beforehand. Just to be on the safer side.

[@TheRenBaron]

@@JonMulveyGuitar Good call on the IFR. Comes in very handy on x-country trips.

[@markkenyon6964]

How honest of you to publish this video. I have had those days myself and I am not even a pilot yet!!!!

[@TheRenBaron]

Fortunately I learned my lesson here the hard way and I've not repeated anything close to this one. Cheers-Ren

[@PortCharlotteAlex]

Thanks Ren. I have those moments too. IFR making me a little nervous because of this but , I am ready.

[@TheRenBaron]

The only thing hurt was my pride and ego. Those heal quickly. You'll be fine. Cheers-Ren

[@tfilter6]

Hey Ren, enjoy your videos. I am a little bit above your age group, but a new pilot and new owner of an SR22, just recently finished Embark. have certainly experienced similar to the problems you are showing. Keep up the good videos and passing along your learned wisdom, it is good to see things to think about and prepare for without having to experience all of the mistakes firsthand myself.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks for the kind words! Cheers-Ren

[@ruicoelho5568]

This is by far your best video....it is a great learning tool for those like my self that love aviation and try to be a safe pilot for our family. Thanks. Hope to meet you someday.

[@TheRenBaron]

Everybody loves a little trainwreck I guess. Thanks for the kind words. All kidding aside this video is a great reminder for me still that some of the best lessons were the hardest pills to swallow. There is not a flight I take these days where I don't remember that every flight starts and ends on the ground and a good pilot takes care of business there with as much attention to detail as what happens once you are in the air. Where do you fly out of Rui? Cheers-Ren

[@ruicoelho5568]

@@TheRenBaron I’ve became a Private last October and start to follow your videos since I started training . I am a 50yrs old guy so my own minimums are really low compare to average so It was necessary to also move forward to my instrumental , so I started in Nov....I will finish it in Jan. At the same time , I started my transition training in Cirrus here at Pompano Beach (5NM north of FXE) a month ago. I am flying a G3 and a G5 (both SR22). Thanks for respond to my comment. I will continue enjoying your videos.....

[@superdinmt]

Happens to all. Thank you for sharing. Appreciate and learned alot

[@TheRenBaron]

Thankfully I've not had a repeat performance of that one. Happy Holidays to you. Cheers-Ren

[@Spec62]

This video has to be one of the BEST teaching tools I have watched. Noteworthy is the fact that, even though it's an aviation video, the lessons I learned could be applied to other activities as well. When you're out of rhythm, you're out of rhythm.

[@TheRenBaron]

Ain't that the truth! Thanks for the posts Rob. Cheers-Ren

[@chrisstephens2734]

Wow - I just stumbled on this, perhaps your most useful video yet -- thanks for sharing your pain and your process for learning from these things, so that we can learn along with you! Your stuff is SO useful for me, Steve, and I really appreciate your willingness to bare all so that we can benefit. Please keep up the good work; you're making better pilots out of lots of us.

[@TheRenBaron]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers-Ren

[@ScottBrunjes]

Can’t thank you enough for posting that video. God knows I have been in that same disheveled position more times than I care to admit. It’s good to know I’m not the only one. Love your videos and appreciate the time you take to post them. Scott....a fellow Cirrus SR22 G6 driver.

[@TheRenBaron]

Glad it helped. Cheers-Ren

[@dannyjensen4954]

Thanks. I have been there. Yes. Painful. Thanks for this excellent video of how I should be.

[@mittman9977]

Thank you Ren Baron! I agree that this video is tough to watch but it helps all of us!

[@TheRenBaron]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers-Ren

[@imaketechsimple1838]

Thank you!!! Love your videos!!!

[@TheRenBaron]

Glad you like them!

[@blueeye490]

This was so helpful & I’m proud of you by showing your honest mistakes while flying & busting into TFR!!! I’m glad you’re sharing this with us.

[@TheRenBaron]

Well thanks. Thankfully I’ve managed to do a bit better since then. Learning to fly can be a humbling experience but you learn the lessons by doing. Glad you found it helpful. Cheers-Ren

[@baejiaoflying9434]

"Everyone's an idiot for 10 minutes a day." John King. Some days, everyone is just not on our A game.

[@TheRenBaron]

I concur!!

[@YouNumba1]

Honesty is *so* rare on KZbin...thank you! A great learning experience that should be posted on FAA Safety; amazing humility and safety suggestions. Thanks!

[@kevinvoorheis1990]

Great video. It's a terrible feeling when you realize that you are the guy on the radio that everyone is shaking their heads about. What's worse is the feeling of having lost situational awareness and having one mistake snowball into another. We've all been there and learn a lot from it...gotta fly it from one parking spot to the next. Kudos to ATC for keeping their cool with you too. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheRenBaron]

"fly it one parking lot to the next". Love that! Cheers-Ren

[@robertyoung7073]

Great video! I have watched several of your other videos before finding this one. I always admired your obvious preparation in them and your constant use of checklists. After watching this I can confirm you have been learning from your mistakes. I keep a running document I call "dumb things I have done flying" to record my mistakes in order to try and learn from and avoid repeating them. Lining up on the wrong runway/taxiway/pattern direction, wrong frequencies, garbled read-backs, airspace incursions, missed calls, etc. Writing it all down is a learning experience for me and I have been incorporating items in my checklists to help me avoid repeats.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks for posting Robert. Cheers-Ren

[@DigitalAirServices]

Appreciate your post warts and all

[@TheRenBaron]

Fortunately this remains my worst 10 minutes as a pilot. I've managed not to repeat any of this. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@JonMulveyGuitar]

Great lesson!

[@TheRenBaron]

I'm happy you could learn something without actually having to go through all that needless drama. Cheers-Ren

[@dustyr.647]

Thanks For a great video

[@TheRenBaron]

Fun to watch now...not so much when you're in the middle of the shit! Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@dustyr.647]

@@TheRenBaron I’ve made some real mistakes myself, commercial and instrument rated. We all have made mistakes, just be glad we all made it through them and as you said, hopefully we learned from them all

[@TheRenBaron]

@@dustyr.647 Indeed!

[@HugAviation]

I don’t know why, but I find that every pilot just tries to memorize their taxi instructions instead of writing it down. This and planning the taxi with a diagram are sure to prevent most errors like these.

[@stevegiboney4493]

During my flight training, I was making a call at inbound reporting point Harvey Field to enter Paine fields airspace, I was told to report left downwind.... I replied “ Cleared to Land”. The controller replied “ you ain’t cleared for nuthin!”. Face red, instructor dead ... from laughing too hard. Took me a while to recover from that...😉

[@TheRenBaron]

But I'm betting you didn't have to hear that again. Best lessons for me in life started with some kind of screwup. Then you get spanked. Then you fix. And then you remember not to go back there! Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@TheRuxinator]

Kudos for sharing your mistakes!

[@humanfactorswithpaulgarth9596]

Really takes some courage to publicly display "learning opportunities". I've had quite my fair share of what I call "Brain pile-ups". A Progressive Taxi request would have helped - I had to get over the irrational discomfort of thinking I was bothering them for the additional workload. When the controller gave you a back taxi, and a clearance for takeoff, and an avoid the TFR - that was a 3-way pile-up, as your brain probably was still glomming on to the prior controller. Been there as well. Have you considered going "full-paper" for a while - paper (laminated) checklists, paper taxi diagrams, paper charts. Your brain will have to go the speed of making a line on the chart, and a manual calculator calculation during flight planning... Idea being that you then wean yourself off paper to the aircraft's technology, over a longer period of time? I'll speak for myself - when I get back in the air finally, I'm definitely going to paper first. Continued success.

[@TheRenBaron]

Well I appreciate your kind words. The mistakes we make and live through are the best and most lasting lessons. So I’ve never had much of a problem sharing the lessons I’ve learned along in life with folks who want to learn rather than judge. But I do try to make it a point not to make the same mistakes twice. So every once in a while I actually go back and watch this video to remind myself that I’ve become a much better pilot than these 10 minutes might suggest. Thanks for your post. Cheers-Ren

[@TheRenBaron]

I’ll still take the digital checklists all day long though!

[@rnzoli]

It is extremely painful to watch the raw recordings of a flight for debriefing purposes and seeing the number of mistakes I make, mostly small, but in some cases, pretty damn large ones. But thanks to the recordings, it is also easier to devise a solid plan against those mistakes, so one can get visibly better all the time. So overall, I am thankful for the appearance of affordable action cameras. But I know that some flight schools ban in-flight cameras completely and I would not really recommend learning at such organization.

[@nottoolatetofly371]

Ren- we can all relate perfectly. You’re not alone! Thank you for sharing.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks Magnus. Cheers-Ren

[@usafmd1]

Thanks for being so honest. Helpful for us all. Keep those videos coming, please.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks-Ren

[@kylemac73]

My first time to watch a video of yours … but you earned a subscriber. Nicely done.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks K-Flight. Cheers-Ren

[@ColinSummers]

That was SO painful to watch. Mostly because I have been in that exact situation and had the words go through my headset while my brain was just SEARCHING for the things I wanted to hear. Something that would tell me what I was meant to be doing. Great video. It has been more than a decade of flying and I *still* make the mistake of not hitting the flip-flop button (or bouncing and hitting it twice), so that I announce a nice, long, beautifully planned first transmission... to the wrong frequency. I would like to never make this mistake again. I know I will do it sometime in the next year. My DPE said: "ABC. Always be correcting." If you are a little off centerline, steer back toward it. If you didn't study the taxi diagram last flight, do that this time for sure. ABC.

[@TheRenBaron]

Live and learn...even when it hurts a bit. Cheers-Ren

[@tomedwards9265]

I wanted to say how much I love watching your vids. Like you, I have donated countless hours to watching over pilot vids to "see how it's done" and keep up my enthusiasm. I find your vids to be the most helpful of all the flying vids I've watched over the last few years. Your willingness to share your errors gives me great hope that I, too, can complete my pilot training and follow in your footsteps. Hat's off to you and please keep posting.

[@galengiff]

I have had a similar 10 minutes a couple times. Best opportunities to learn and implement! Nice flying out there Ren Baron!

[@blakebrothers]

Thanks so much for sharing this experience. I've had the same kind of experience and in the moment it is BRUTAL - feels like the brain is failing as you go from one mistake to the next. A terrible feeling except that you learn so much when this happens and I suspect every pilot has had such a moment. When you've run the event(s) over and over again in your mind, you get true clarity and are unlikely to repeat those awful moments. Ultimately, this helps make you a better and safer pilot. The fact that you never ever stop learning in is one of the attributes that attracts us to aviation in the first place and the idea that flying a complex machine through the air will always be error free is, of course, complete fantasy.

[@kbklt1]

This is hard to watch but makes me feel so much better as a human trying to be better at flying!

[@TheRenBaron]

It can be humbling for sure. This learning to fly thing is a never ending process I think. Cheers-Ren

[@CrooklynPilot]

What a great video!! Thank you for sharing your experiences the good and bad.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks for the kind words Anderson. Cheers-Ren

[@CalBart42]

Love your brutal honesty, Ren ... i bet it will be a long time before you get into that situation again ... Loving your videos .. and your philosophy ..

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks Calvin. Glad you enjoyed it. It's much more fun watching the 'other guy' screwup isn't it. I hope you'll watch some of the other vids which are not quite as uncomfortable to watch. Cheers-Ren

[@CalBart42]

yes i have watched all of them and have loved them all ..

[@gerdelt]

Thank you SO MUCH for being brave enough to post this! As we all continue to strive for perfection, it always feels good to know we are not the only ones who make mistakes.

[@daves.9076]

Thanks for being brutally honest and not just a made for video pilot. I always enjoy your commentary. Great reminders for all of us.

[@ricksmith6888]

Got laugh, been there and done that. There are two kinds of pilots out there, those of us who can admit to a terrible day and those who's ego can't take the hit. Great story!!

[@humanfactorswithpaulgarth9596]

Yeah -- High Speed Taxiway Alpha looks like a perfectly good landing strip for me... Turn left on Foxtrot, done.

[@ruslanulko8195]

Thank YOU very much indeed for sharing your experience! I do appreciate it.

[@paulgaarenstroom2490]

Ren, Question. I have a 2016 SR 20 and live in South OC. I’ve only had my SR20 cirrus perspective for about 10 month but frustrated with ATC always vectoring me in high and struggling to get below GS in time to capture, presently I just kick off the AP and hand fly. Example at SMO, I’ll be coming up V186 and told to expect Darts entry, they keep me at 4,200 then 3 miles from Darts then say fly heading .... maintain 4,200 until established, once I start that heading I’m getting close to movve before established but way high, I start messing with the ALT and VS but need a steep dive to drop below, not a good feeling in real IMC, interested in your approach to this issue. Great video content by the way.

[@TheRenBaron]

Here's my procedure. Make sure my speed is somewhere between 100-110 kts. Put the plane in HDG mode once I've made the turn to DARTS and track the magenta line with heading adjustments if necessary. Set ALT select to 3,000 for MOVEE because its impossible to actually be below 4,200 before you are established. Once you've gotten the clearance start dialing in the turn ASAP, pull the power back to 20% ish, set Flaps to 50% if you've not already done that, set VS for -1,000 fpm to start, hit the approach button and confirm that GPS is now active. If you've done that the plane will descend relatively steep but your speed will be under control and you'll get to MOVEE at 3,000 and pickup the GS. Let me know how you do. Cheers-Ren

[@TheRenBaron]

PS I can't how many times I blew this approach before I figured out that its all about the speed and anticipation. When things get fast....slow down.

[@paulgaarenstroom2490]

Ren, Great information. I’ll try this next week. Appreciate the quick response.

[@paulgaarenstroom2490]

Ren, tried your set up today, perfect approach and once again the brought me in high but with the airspeed, 1,000 decent and flaps set early worked beautiful. Thank you sir...

[@TheRenBaron]

@@paulgaarenstroom2490 that’s great to hear. Nice job! Cheers-Ren

[@walterperrault]

I can't thank you enough for the transparency everybody screws up now and then thank god it wasn't catastrophic just frustrating brain fart moments instead, perfectly edited videos on a flight can be very misleading to people who want to learn

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks for the kind words. Better that everybody can learn from my mistakes than to make the same mistakes on their own. Cheers-Ren

[@freedom4u18]

You deffently had your hands full. I'm glad you shared it with us..it will be a learning experience for a lot of us.

[@philipsamuels526]

Thanks for your honesty. A person of true good character.

[@flyingviking2149]

Really glad you show this kind of stuff. TFRs are common here in Florida so rest assured you aren’t the first or the last to bumble into one!

[@TJFlyingAdventures]

Gr8 video! We have all had 10 mins like that ... Luckily the controllers were not too harsh with you and you eventually pulled it together!!

[@TheRenBaron]

I think the controller was just happy to get rid of me!

[@Shaneepe1]

Thanks so much for sharing this! As an aspiring pilot I spend a lot of time on pilotedge talking with simulated atc. I can’t tell you the amount of stress I have and the things I mess up. It is good to see that a real pilot has their moments too. It gives me hope that I can improve.

[@TheRenBaron]

The best way to improve is to just keep doing it til you get it right. I’m still learning just like you. Cheers-Ren

[@iansmith1368]

Thanks for sharing Steve! Love the videos, keep them coming!

[@chuckmartin5773]

Great video!! Thanks for sharing your mistakes, I’m sure this will help everyone!!

[@capncrunch9313]

Renbabe, your I think we are all enjoying your f**ckups. It makes us all better pilots! Thank you and keep making routine mistakes for your viewers who will be deeply grateful later on along our accumulated flying hours . Thanks again.

[@anthonymiller7992]

Low sugar? LOL Laughing with you... I call this a brain stall.. She was stalled long before take off and needed a good cup of coffee LOL This is a true good ol fashioned real video! We all have those days where it seems like maybe the brain just didn't want to get up with the body. I'm not a pilot but enjoy dreaming non the less but I've had many of these days over the years where it seems like the brain just wasn't wanting to cooperate at all! Like going to the fridge for my car keys and the desk for my pop or walking all over hell and back trying to find my sunglasses when I actually had them on. I could list quite a few more serious ones but I laugh and call them brain farts and question whether I should have gotten out of bed... Enjoyed the reality of life... Speaks volumes.....

[@TheRenBaron]

Ain't it it the truth. Thanks-Ren

[@Parr4theCourse]

Ren, I agree I left some of my "mistakes" and "learnings" on our recent trip to the Bahamas; Videos; "BAHAMAS OR BUST#3" I got fixated on the way-point that ATC said vs spelled out and had my MFD AND iPad on VFR charts because we wanted to look for scenic sights in an area we've never flown in before. We SHOULD have had them on Low-IFR charts and the MFD should have had the Victor airways "ON", so the way-points would have been easier to identify!! We were "prepared" on the ground on our return trip like you said so eloquently on our video; "BAHAMAS OR BUST#15". I even thought about flying VFR with FF, to avoid the confusion, but decided I NEEDED the learning experience. Then irony of ironies; Video "BAHAMAS OR BUST#17" a Southwest airlines pilot got confused on one of our local way-points---Just goes to show; even the BIG boys mess up sometimes too!!! I need to do a better job of communicating these great learning experiences.... You did a great job, thanks for being "humble"!!!!

[@LarjoskiFlyingAway]

Welcome to my world! I learned at FXE. A lot going on there and it is refreshing to see a not so perfect video as you say. Very entertaining and I was cracking up because it’s so relatable. Hope you come visit us again.

[@kennethalbertsrightfitfoun8343]

Tremendous learning video, thank you!

[@FlyersDistrict]

Let’s hear it for KFXE - woot woot😁

[@huckinfillbilly3960]

Looks like someone needs a Snickers 😂. In all seriousness as a controller and fellow pilot don’t hesitate to ask for progressive taxi instructions 👍

[@TheRenBaron]

I learned some valuable lessons on this one. I think I do a better job these days looking for help earlier rather than later. I also make it a point to spend some time looking at the taxi diagrams at unfamiliar airports before I ask for taxi clearance. What area/airport do you work out of? Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@coppi60]

Did you get into more trouble for busting the TFR? Great video; keep them coming.

[@TheRenBaron]

Fortunately I did not. I think the controller was too busy and was happy to get me out of his airspace. He did his job. I wound up back in KFXE that night to pick up my wife and when we left the next morning I was a model citizen/pilot. But I was glad not to hear his voice when we departed. Cheers-Ren

[@coppi60]

I am glad to hear that!!!

[@davidswelt]

Kudos for sharing. I had a good laugh over breakfast, but of course, these things can end up badly. Are your conclusions the definitive ones, though? The root cause might be have been that you weren't ready that day. It might have been target fixation: thinking about what happens 30 minutes later, and not the taxi/departure. Or also: Sleep, coffee, stress, or were you ill? Insurance people know that the rate of small incidents is correlated with major accidents, and so we need to stop and wake up the moment we catch ourselves making the first small mistake rather than soldier on.

[@christopherwhull]

If you are critical of yourself of going into heading mode while on go NW in the general area of a TFR and a few airports, I am not unless I missed a radio call. Hitting the NAV button and going direct would have worked but you brain was out of the game, not understanding where the TFR was and the controller was helping with the navigating for your protection like you called "unfamiliar" with area.

[@TheRenBaron]

My brain was definitely "out of the game" on this departure. But a great lesson learned in the end. Thanks for your comments. Cheers-Ren

[@Windtee]

Since thou hast causeth us to cringe, we learned to layeth hold of our offences and not stumble which causeth others to cringe. It takes a pair to post this. Thanks for the share!

[@donc9751]

Great video thanks for sharing it as painful as it was it makes great points!

[@ardz8279]

Liked! Thank you for sharing your real experience!

[@notar187]

Good advice thanx

[@pslny]

That must have been tough to share, we've all had our moments. Good video.

[@TheRenBaron]

I'm happy to see other folks have been there and done that and lived to tell. Cheers-Ren

[@chaspfrank]

So a simple question that may be hard to answer: As you proceeded through this process, making several mistakes in a row, did you ever think "perhaps I shouldn't be doing this today?" I am not trying to be glib or critical, but wondering if any pilot gets to a point and decides "Better I don't fly today, my head ain't in the game".

[@TheRenBaron]

No that's actually an easy answer. Yes. Many times I've gone out to the airport and for one reason or another I decided not to fly. Sometimes because of weather but sometimes just because I'm not feeling it. On those days I'll typically pull out the generator and just spend more time getting familiar with the avionics on the ground. On this particular day I had just had a nice smooth flight in from the Bahamas and was feeling excited about flying up the East Coast to see some friends. Perhaps my impatience to get going and not doing my prep was the culprit here. Moral of the story is do your homework on the ground!

[@ctn830]

great video. thanks for sharing it. I think we all can relate,lol

[@donnahibbard5284]

I will take the bus....Thanks.

[@TheRenBaron]

I don't blame you. Cheers-Ren

[@landonsock6408]

Great post! This is how we get better

[@markdoan1472]

Ok ... Your assumption that we all make these mistakes is a bit off ... There are many who never make these errors ... ever ... not even once .

[@TheRenBaron]

Mark I’m quite certain there are many pilots that don’t make these mistakes. I’m also quite certain that there are other pilots that do including myself. My assumption if anything is that you can learn from your mistakes and become a better pilot. Cheers-Ren

[@Graybear78]

Too many gadgets! Too much going on for a novice pilot. A plan for disaster! Aviatej, aviate, aviate.

[@TheRenBaron]

Fair comment Lee so since this flight back in May I've made it a point to really 'own' the avionics and know what they can and can't do. I've spent alot of time on the ground practicing with the avionics. I've also made it a point to fly a portion of each flight without AP and gadgets. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Cheers-Ren