The Instrument Pilot's Survival Guide

Instrument flying is stressful!
For the new or occasional instrument pilot, IFR flying can cause an enormous amount of anxiety.

It doesn’t have to be stressful, though. You can feel in control even as an inexperienced instrument pilot.

Instrument flying isn’t rocket science because it’s extremely predictable. Each phase of flight has the same set of radio calls, maneuvers, and requirements. The pros sound so good because they do the exact same thing all the time.

The pattern hardly ever varies.

If you learn and embrace the predictable patterns of instrument flying, you will lose that anxiety and begin to enjoy it.
The Instrument Pilot’s Survival Guide will walk you through the flow of a real instrument flight so you can anticipate ATC’s next move.

What this book will do for you:

This guide will help you alleviate your stress by teaching you the general flow of an instrument flight.
Mastering the rhythm of an instrument flight is the key to a worry-free experience.

This survival guide will walk you through an instrument flight from beginning to end.
Each step along the way, this book will teach you what you should do every time.

What this book won’t do:

This is not a training book like ASA or King Schools produces. It won’t bog you down with the minutiae of instrument flying.
You can’t master the details until you understand the big picture. For example, it includes very little about holding because real world instrument flying involves very little holding.

This book is here to talk about real day-to day instrument flying in the simplest of terms.