Pilot Mkristo Bruce, a former NFL player, points out the importance of being coachable in both aviation and sports. [Courtesy: Mkristo Bruce]
Key Takeaways:
Former NFL player Mkristo Bruce emphasizes the parallels between sports and aviation, advocating for a "coachable" mindset and the "next play" mentality to overcome mistakes like bad landings.
Effective flight training benefits from diverse instructors, including those who provide "tough love" and expose pilots to uncomfortable, real-world scenarios to build resilience and genuine skill.
Aviation requires true mastery over "participation trophies," making learning from errors and embracing failure essential for developing competent, self-reliant pilots.
Coachable is defined as “being easily taught and trained to do something better.” If you ever had the chance to learn a sport or play a team sport, or maybe even coached someone yourself, you know that it takes physical skill and knowledge to play a sport.
These things are also required in aviation.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
