Feb 21, 2026 · 29 min · 9 segments
As with everything in aviation, there are no human instincts that come into play or naturally inherited traits. Flying is something that is completely foreign to human beings so everything we do in an…
Realistically, it's a broader issue having to do with the way we train students and the way we are being trained as students to basically not look outside and Now, I'm sure you guys are all familiar with the kind of term children of the magenta line, right? The idea that pilots these days are only being trained to follow that magenta line on the GPS and without it are basically just completely lost.
You know, we are very fortunate to live in the age that we do, technologically speaking.
And we have a lot of tools at our disposal that aviators of past, of old, did not have.
But as a result of all these innovations and tools, we have forgotten how to look outside.
So we're going to talk about the use of GPS at the initial training level and how we can hopefully adjust how we're training students.
And if you are a student, how you are doing your own training to ensure that you are not over reliant on GPS and that we know how to actually look outside and figure out where we are, where we're going.
So, obviously, at the primary level, we're talking about private pilots primarily, but could be sport pilots.
But the initial pilot level, when you are a student pilot, there's a lot to learn.
There is a predominant trend of, you know, when I'm doing stage checks or mock check rides, students getting towards their check ride.
And the one thing I end up telling every single student in these evaluations is we need to look outside.
Realistically, it's a broader issue having to do with the way we train students and the way we are being trained as students to basically not look outside and Now, I'm sure you guys are all familiar with the kind of term children of the magenta line, right? The idea that pilots these days are only being trained to follow that magenta line on the GPS and without it are basically just completely lost.
You know, we are very fortunate to live in the age that we do, technologically speaking.
And we have a lot of tools at our disposal that aviators of past, of old, did not have.
But as a result of all these innovations and tools, we have forgotten how to look outside.
So we're going to talk about the use of GPS at the initial training level and how we can hopefully adjust how we're training students.
And if you are a student, how you are doing your own training to ensure that you are not over reliant on GPS and that we know how to actually look outside and figure out where we are, where we're going.
So, obviously, at the primary level, we're talking about private pilots primarily, but could be sport pilots.
But the initial pilot level, when you are a student pilot, there's a lot to learn.
There is a predominant trend of, you know, when I'm doing stage checks or mock check rides, students getting towards their check ride.
And the one thing I end up telling every single student in these evaluations is we need to look outside.
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