Cap'n Bill's Timeless Training Truths

1. Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.
2. If you push the yoke forward, the houses get bigger, if you pull the yoke back they get smaller. (Unless you keep pulling the yoke back -then they get bigger again)
3. Flying is not dangerous. Crashing is dangerous.
4. It's better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up there wishing you were down here.
5. Speed is life, altitude is life insurance. No one has ever collided with the sky.
6. It's best to keep the pointed end going forward as much as possible.
7. The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
8. Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man.... Landing is the first!
9. Everyone already knows the definition of a 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. But very few know the definition of a 'great landing.' It's one after which you can use the airplane another time.
10. The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.
11. Always remember you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands. Never let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.
12. You know you've landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi.
13. Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement.
14. There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing: Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
15. The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot is a copilot who once was a captain.
16. Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwind.
17. Keep looking around; there's always something you've missed.
18. Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your takeoffs.
19. Things which do you no good in aviation: Altitude above you. Runway behind you. Fuel in the truck. Half a second ago. Approach plates in the car. The airspeed you don't have.
20. Asking what a pilot thinks about the FAA is like asking a fireplug what it thinks about dogs.
21. Gravity never loses! The best you can hope for is a draw!