Good pilots ought to at all times be pondering forward of the airplane.
It is best to at all times be asking your self what’s subsequent. What’s the subsequent factor(s) that it’s important to do, after you’ve got accomplished your present job?
Utilizing the 6 Ts will enable you just do that.
The 6 Ts are:
- TURN
- TIME
- TWIST
- THROTTLE
- TALK
- TRACK
You might not must carry out every one on each single job. It merely is dependent upon the process you might be performing. Let us take a look at them individually.
For this instance, let’s apply the 6 Ts to flying a holding sample. Take into consideration every merchandise and what the following merchandise after that’s.
Flip
- Which course are you turning within the holding sample?
- Normal or non-standard sample: i.e. proper or left turns?
Time
- Except in any other case acknowledged by ATC, all inbound legs are one minute.
- After crossing the repair or rolling wings stage, start your timer for 1 minute inbound.
- Keep in mind to regulate your outbound leg in order that the inbound leg is 1 minute.
- Relying on wind, and so on., you’ll have an outbound leg LONGER that 1 minute.
- After crossing the repair or rolling wings stage, start your timer for 1 minute inbound.
TWIST
- If it is a maintain primarily based off of a VOR, you might must twist the OBS to the inbound course or the outbound course.
- Are you flying TO the VOR or AWAY from it? If the inbound leg is flying to the VOR, keep in mind to just remember to have twisted the OBS in order that the indicator reveals a “TO” indication and the right inbound course is chosen.
THROTTLE
- Do that you must alter your energy?
- In case your timing is not appropriate for the inbound leg, then that you must both apply energy or cut back energy. Keep in mind, you might be allowed two journeys across the sample to get it proper.
TALK
- Do that you must speak to ATC?
- ATC could ask you to report crossing the repair or one thing comparable. This one actually comes into play if you end up performing approaches or process turns.
TRACK
- This one is fairly easy, but surprisingly, it will get forgotten quite a bit.
- Keep in mind to trace your course, both inbound or outbound.
When I’m flying a holding sample, I ask myself every of these items, at every stage of the sample. I always undergo every one and it retains me on my recreation, staying targeted and flying sample.
Once I come to 1 job that I needn’t use, I merely transfer on to the following one. Keep in mind, simply maintain it easy!
Utilizing the 6 Ts of instrument flying will make your life quite a bit simpler the following time you get caught in a holding sample or shoot that instrument method all the way down to minimums in IMC.
– Shawn Hardin CFI/CFII
