birdwatcher

Продолжаю готовиться к выходу на пенсию (предыдущий выпуск). Прочитал под влиянием Филипа Гринспуна книги "101 Тhings Tо Do With Your Private Pilot's License" (LeRoy Cook) и "The Killing Zone: How & Why Pilots Die" (Paul A. Craig). Вот, например, что известно:

There is a body of research now available that indicates that those who fly have different personality traits than everyone else. These personality traits are found in military and civilian pilots, professional and pleasure pilots, and both male and female pilots. [...] The motivation to fly involves a need for prestige and control. Those who love to fly desire excitement, power, speed, independence, thrills, and competition. [...] The pilot personality involves a strong drive to aim at and accomplish difficult tasks. The more difficult the task, the greater the reward. This is why we think very highly of ourselves when we pass a checkride, or fly into and out of a busy airport.

А вот тоже в высшей степени релевантно, про боязнь высоты, пишет Род Мачадо:

You might be surprised to learn that an aviation professor at the University of Southern California once told me that the rate of acrophobia in some of the pilot groups he’s encountered is upwards of 90%. This is pretty interesting when you consider that acrophobia in the nonpilot population is only about 6-10%, depending on whose study you read. My experience also indicates that acrophobia is more common among pilots than nonpilots. Now, I’m not suggesting that her fear of heights qualifies her to be a pilot. I do, however, suspect that it won’t have the same effect on her when she’s inside the cockpit of an airplane as opposed to looking over her balcony. [...] Many pilots with acrophobia report that they, too, often have great difficulty looking over the edge of a tall building. I’ve known a few who must get on their belly and crawl to the ledge just to peak over the side. Some even report getting woozy while watching a TV show where a camera pans from the steeple of a building then tilts downward toward the ground. (Some pilots might get queasy just reading this.) Others can’t even climb a ladder to change a light bulb. Yet these same individuals willingly enter an airplane and blast off without giving it a second thought. What’s happening here?
Perhaps the best explanation deals with pilots’ sense of control over their environment. For instance, a current cognitive theory describes acrophobia is generated by the stimulation of a visual fantasy. When a pilot approaches a precipice, he or she responds with an inner visual drama. He may see himself falling and might even feel the physical sensations of sliding, tilting and being drawn over the edge. This is called somatic imaging and it helps explain a phobic’s feelings of dizziness or queasiness in high places. To put it simply, pilots—who like being in control—don’t react well to thoughts of falling. It’s the ultimate loss of control for them.

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