I can immeditately tell when a new flier was trained by the use of a buddy-box because although they may be able to get the plane up and down in one piece most of the time, their fingers are constantly moving on the sticks, as if it were like their feet were on the peddles of a bicycle. What I mean is, it seems that they think that the sticks must be moving all the time to keep the plane in the air.

Apparently, they were not told that all of those movements weren't necessary and/or their instructor could not look at the student's fingers and the plane at the same time. Perhaps in time, this finger moving nervous habit will stop, but I've seen too many 15 year veteran flier's fingers jittering about on the sticks, and these were 20-50 year old pilots. I've witnessed more than one newbie solo pilot appear to be mixing a batter even though the plane was not jumping around much, if at all. Maybe this pilot thinks that it's necessary to fly like that since he can safely takeoff, fly around and land.

A few fliers had gone to a commercial flight school and were instructed to "bump" the sticks to make a turn, I guess to prevent them from holding the aileron/elevator stick over too long. Some could fly solo, but they were simply doing what they were taught. I don't know if their instructor explained that was just a temporary learning exercise -- to be abandoned later on.

Take care,
CCR
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