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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by mveety on Monday July 17, 2017 @08:34PM (#14793464)
I disagree here. You're dangerous until you know you know what you're doing. Having a bad scare might make you not repeat that situation, but you're still just as dumb after it as you were before (well, at least that's been true for me).
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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by idlewords on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @12:12AM (#14794218)
You can disagree, but I'm talking about an objective phenomenon.

https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Zone-Second-How-Pilots/dp/007...

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by dx034 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:23AM (#14794840)
> when they leave their instructors behind and fly as pilot in command for the first time

This is very different. If an instructor is present the danger is clearly lower. The book deals with the phase where pilots first fly alone without external help.

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Re:Two days in an underwater cave running out of oxygen by idlewords on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @09:39AM (#14796395)
Read the book and you'll see that the spike comes after the first few dozen flights without an instructor present (from 100 to 350 hours of flight time). I believe you're quoting the blurb, which doesn't reflect what's actually in the book.
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