[no more apples]

Thanks for that. Very interesting. I would guess, then, that the best pilots would instantly know what to do in the case of a problem and be able to compensate while still being able to pay attention to the rest of the plane.

Now that I think about it, fighter pilots really have to get to the point where everything they do is instictive and not waist time thinking about what to do.

[Gunrunner2]

Fighter pilots do makes errors (not me though---ha).

Actually, we all do as we fly along the edges of the envelop all the time. Thing is, we are trained to know and be comfortable with any attitude at any airspeed and to use our experience and skill to perform (and stay alive). That said, we do make errors and as someone once said, aviation is a very unforgiving environment and you hope to live long enough for your clue-bag to fill up before your luck-bag runs out.

[RightOnline]

"Now that I think about it, fighter pilots really have to get to the point where everything they do is instictive and not waist [sic] time thinking about what to do."

That's more true than you know, and not just for fighter pilots. It's also why it takes so much training to become....and remain.....a mission-ready pilot in any of the military branches.