Originally Posted by
Vito
Slice back,
Your comment about " Make it Perfect Now" and constant, quick, or large corrections etc is a mark of inexperience. During Air Refueling I would teach the new guys not to react too quickly to every change in the PDI lights. Relax, let things settle, then make a correction. We all did this, but learned to accept a transient deviation and make an input to correct.
Great point.
Unfortunately it's not just common with inexperience.
Airbus it's the 'soft hand' on the side stick. On Boeing's, or refueling, it's "don't have a death grip, let it breathe"... 'Relax', 'fly less', 'breathe', etc are part of it.
It's like trying to hit a driver with a death grip. You're strangling the club and it just doesn't work. Or having a death grip on a steering wheel, or rigid arms on a motorcycle...it just doesn't work.