Flight training can be incredibly stressful for pilots, new and old. When a student is stressed, they may respond by becoming locked or frozen on the flight controls. A pilot, frozen on the flight controls, can be deadly if you don't do something about it quickly. The aviation community has lost too many people to freeze events.In this session, we will take a deep dive into a dangerous freeze event using a real-world occurrence that happened while the presenter was instructing. We will review some tragic examples of the Freeze event that ended in fatal accidents. Most importantly, we will learn how to spot particular indicators of an impending freeze, as well as what to do if you find yourself flying with a pilot who has locked their hands on the flight controls.
