Trust Your Structures

Fly your business using instruments, not sentiments

- Allon Raiz

Pilots are taught to navigate using either visual flight rules (VFR) or instrument flight rules (IFR). VFRrated pilots may operate an aeroplane only in weather which is clear enough to allow them to see where they are going. So, for example, VFR-rated pilots may not fly into clouds as their vision will be impaired, thus making navigation extremely tricky.

Many small VFR-rated pilots fall victim to a phenomenon called false climb illusion (FCI). FCI occurs when our otolith balance organs provide false information to the brain, which is exacerbated by the lack of visual information to correct the error. The results are often fatal. IFR-rated pilots are aware of this phenomenon and, despite the physical feedback, will navigate the plane using instruments only. The pilot might feel like he is climbing but the instruments never lie.