Frustrated, airsick, and miserable.

[hlg6016]

Best of luck to you, Continue to put the same effort into what ever assignment you get and you will be okay.
Don't beat yourself up over it. Been there and done it.

 

[sfly22]

Sorry to hear that man. I'm about to go into the 4200 block and I'm terrified of failing flight school.

 

[jabrodo]

Sorry to hear that man. I'm about to go into the 4200 block and I'm terrified of failing flight school.

Try not to be. Having that attitude will only set you back and may end up doing you serious harm.

Confidence will come from knowing your stuff inside and out. I had confidence issues in the C4100 and C4200 block as well and what helped was just writing everything out.

Have a detailed outline of your brief. Take the NATOPS brief outline and include it in your prep along with EP/QOD, discuss items etc. Dig into things on it like your lost comms procedures. For the systems, start from the basics and work your way up. For example, the fuel system. What kind of fuels can the T-6B use? What's the fuel capacity? How do we fuel and defuel the plane? Walk through how fuel flow through the system in normal operation. Then go over abnormal/emergency operations. Go over any pertinent boldface, and breakout the PCL and walk you instructor through the notes, warnings, and cautions.

C4201 through C4304 all fly basically the same, or one of two profiles: high work with or without spins then onto landings and a course rules recovery. If you're in Corpus, then this might not be a big deal, but for those at Whiting it changes your course rules departure to either the NMOA or Pelican. So have a profile for either worked out, and have it worked out to multiple OLFs. Write it down and chair fly through it from engine start to engine shut down. Open up NATOPS to go over what you should be looking for on the pre-takeoff checks. Seriously, I was writing out each of my radio calls and on what channel.

Get a buddy to throw wrenches in your profiles and make alternative plans. What happens if you can only get a certain MOA block? What happens if you have an emergency outside of the MOA? Stuff like that.

That's just about all you can do on the ground to build confidence, and it should be enough to get you to a point where you don't feel uncomfortable, and are starting to feel like you know what you're doing, in the air. Despite all my issues, I did get to this point. If you do get to this point, and you just don't quite have the stick skills like me, that's okay. Just make sure you're letting someone with wings on their chest and oak leaves on their shoulders tell you that.

If you're having problems getting to the point of not feeling uncomfortable, you need to talk to someone. I would recommend the chaplain even if you aren't religious. They have privileged communication rights that can allow you to vent without fear of any repercussions. A guy in my squadron got to this point and wasn't telling anyone. He kept it all inside and ended up having a serious mental breakdown.

Hope that helps. Best of luck to you.