Hello APC,

As a new student pilot, what is your opinion on what will be the top five (5) things that I will have a human tendency to take for granted the most throughout my training and how will taking those things for granted come back to haunt me later in my personal flying career?

I'm trying to get ahead of the power curve here. I have no intention of purposely taking anything for granted at the start of my flight training. However, I'm sure others felt that way and ended up taking something for granted by omission that cost them re-training or worse later on in their personal flying careers. I'm looking to mitigate risk wherever and whenever I can. This is one approach to doing that.

Is there anything you can think of that you took for granted at the start of your flight training that you later wished you had caught earlier, corrected and learned the right way or did more efficiently before you get yourself into trouble, or found yourself needing to re-train or re-learn something you thought you knew cold?

Or, said another way - what are the top five (5) things you wish you could have done different in your initial flight training (Private and/or Instrument)?

Anything you have to offer here will help. Thanks!