2. BEING MODEST
Whether you are getting checked out with 100 hours flight time or 1000 hours in your logbook, being modest is an important trait for pilots to pocess. Even a very-high-time instrument pilot with thousands of hours in high performance singles and light twins can slowly loose some of the flying basics after being away from flying for a few years.
Nearly all of the examples we’ve gathered about good pilots contain a common thread of that person not talking “all that much” about his or her specific accomplishments and skills. These pilots do, however, acknowledge their own mistakes (neither dwelling on nor making excuses), compliment others’ abilities and seldom put down fellow pilots. As our grandmothers’ always preached, “If you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all.”
