Heading to Japan to fulfill my loadmaster duties for awhile. Looking forward to the trip as it is my last detachment as a loadmaster. After this trip I'll be finishing my crew chief upgrade requirements so my next detachment will be as a crew chief!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Time with family & Reflection on success and failures
Well over the last few days I've taken some time to hang out with my family and decompress a little. Which I think has been good to allow some reflective thinking on my recent set backs with my instrument rating.
OnThursday I handled some errands that needed to be attended to for my upcoming trip with the Navy. Afterwards I spent the evening with some cousins and aunts in town for a family gathering. Later in the evening I trekked up to Valencia to hang out with my sister and her family. That was a good time, Dale and I got to chat some more about his career and what he went through to get his ratings. On Friday I drove up to hangout with my parents. Dad and I kicked around doing a few errands and the evening was spent at the local pub with a great meal. On Saturday, I had the honor of having my Dad re-enlist me in the Navy one more time, and later that evening we went to a Bluegrass concert. And today I relaxed in the morning before driving back to San Diego and prepping for tomorrow's trip.
On the aviation side of things.. I spent some more time reflecting on my recent instrument rating check ride failure, and the possible causes. I do know that I was worrying about the test too much just by how well I've been sleeping since test was over. Up to the test I was sleeping horribly and not feeling good. So I know I need to learn to remove the emotional side more and relax otherwise I'll have continued issues.
As I continue to work on my assignment from Joe, I'm starting to see trends of what caused failures at each moment. I'm not happy I failed but as a pilot I must keep learning, and from this experience I feel I can gain a great deal about myself and my future career. ... (Needs more editing) More to come!!
OnThursday I handled some errands that needed to be attended to for my upcoming trip with the Navy. Afterwards I spent the evening with some cousins and aunts in town for a family gathering. Later in the evening I trekked up to Valencia to hang out with my sister and her family. That was a good time, Dale and I got to chat some more about his career and what he went through to get his ratings. On Friday I drove up to hangout with my parents. Dad and I kicked around doing a few errands and the evening was spent at the local pub with a great meal. On Saturday, I had the honor of having my Dad re-enlist me in the Navy one more time, and later that evening we went to a Bluegrass concert. And today I relaxed in the morning before driving back to San Diego and prepping for tomorrow's trip.
On the aviation side of things.. I spent some more time reflecting on my recent instrument rating check ride failure, and the possible causes. I do know that I was worrying about the test too much just by how well I've been sleeping since test was over. Up to the test I was sleeping horribly and not feeling good. So I know I need to learn to remove the emotional side more and relax otherwise I'll have continued issues.
As I continue to work on my assignment from Joe, I'm starting to see trends of what caused failures at each moment. I'm not happy I failed but as a pilot I must keep learning, and from this experience I feel I can gain a great deal about myself and my future career. ... (Needs more editing) More to come!!
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