The squadron Leader was back from a week long break, and we had the pleasure of his instruction for two classes today. He did not waste any time and quickly got back into step from where he had left off, jokes and all.
Although peppered with his unique brand of insightful, lewd jokes, today's classes took a rather serious turn.
The subject of the day was the the Nervous system and its functions. My knowledge of the human anatomy and function is slowly increasing beyond what I had thought necessary for a pilot; we really do learn alot. As well as marvelling at the wonders and intricacies of the human body, we also study the many failings and particularly those which will affect our careers as pilots.
The human balancing system; one which you would think would be extremely useful as a pilot is actually very dangerous and is misleading in the worst possible ways. It has caused many pilots to crash and subsequently die. A skilled pilot has to learn to ignore these instinctive signals given by their body. Very morbid stuff..!
It seems that there are plenty of things which can lead to death in an aircraft, alot of which lies in the hands of the pilots. Much of which is an unhill struggle and requires alot of skill..
It's not all autopilots and newspapers after all..!
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