CHAPTER EIGHT
Become a Secure Base for Others
Claude Heiniger was an instructor at a flight school located in Lausanne Blécherette, Switzerland. On January 29, 2001, he was on a flight with a trainee who had 1,300 hours of flight experience. As the plane took off, a locking pin from the right hand side landing gear fell from the aircraft, crippling the mechanism. Now airborne, Claude came to the conclusion that they would have to land the plane without properly functioning landing gear.
Claude’s first instinct was to take over the controls. But then he had another idea. He asked the trainee questions to determine how he felt and to assess whether he was ready to fly the plane and land it in this emergency situation. The trainee agreed to take ...
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