[Scotsman will be Free]

As a student pilot it was repeatedly drilled into me that regardless of what else was happening “Fly the damn plane”.

[bill1952]

Aviate, navigate, communicate.

My students do not fly their aircraft into the dirt if I have any input into the matter.

[Pusterfuss]

...regardless of what else was happening “Fly the damn plane”.

That is "rule number one" in aviation. Rules 2 through 10 have half the value (combined) of rule #1.

[MindBender26]

>>>>“Fly the damn plane” until it is parked, chocked, and all the things that go round and round have stopped moving.

(and the master switch is off, so you don’t have a dead battery next time you want to fly. Proping a Lance is not fun. :~))