A good summary. Doug reviews the three legs from this last day of the ECIE and then reflects on a week of flying.

• Weather deviation KAVP > KHGR
• Alerting ATC that you're drifting off course
• Handoff or no-handoff to the KAVP tower
• Suspend vs un-suspend on vectors to final
• North up vs track up

Billy shares his big three lessons from the ECIE trip

• Where are we, what's next and what could we be doing to prepare for the next event - situational awareness.
• The pilot is in charge of the flight, not ATC. Exercise your prerogative and get the system to work for you.
• Speaking aviation, not english.

"In Doug's book no more than 30% of IFR flying is about keeping the needle centered. The greatest skill required is knowing how to fly in the system, using good communication skills and maintaining situational awareness; where am I now, what's the next event and what can I be doing now to prepare for it. That's planning descents, choosing routes, or looking for diversions. If I had to reduce the greatest learning opportunity with the ECIE to a single sentence, it's about becoming a true pilot in command."

BW