Competent single-pilot IFR flying centers on proactively managing complexity by anticipating and preparing for high-workload situations.
Pilots should maximize low-workload periods (preflight and cruise) to extensively prepare, brief, and configure for subsequent high-workload phases like approaches.
Key preparatory actions include thoroughly understanding weather, studying unfamiliar approaches, calculating descent rates, utilizing autopilots, and pre-loading all necessary navigation and communication frequencies.
As much as we’d all like to think we are IFR super-pilots, every pilot has a limit in any airplane. No matter how good an IFR pilot you are, if you don’t manage things right, you can get to the point where you are lagging far behind the airplane.
Here are two simple rules to help ensure you’ll arrive at the airport at the same time as your airplane:
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