It’s been more than 3 months since I got my CPL and the things I wanted to say back then are already starting to blur….
But one thing hasn’t. Some people get through flight training with barely any resistance. And I deffo wasn’t one of them. What got me here wasn’t talent, it was choosing to stay. As private students, we have every opportunity to just walk away. No bond, no contract, no consequence beyond the one we set for ourselves. Just don’t give up.
Somewhere around mod 4/5, my relationship with failure changed. A failed check used to feel like a verdict on who I was. At some point it stopped being that. It became a data point, nothing more, and I extended the same treatment to the good results too. Just information, no verdict either way. What was left underneath that shift was a quieter relationship with self doubt, and a clearer sense that whatever competence I have now was built in the attempts nobody saw.
FTA, thank you for having me.
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