May I offer a suggestion that is really helping me? Im real new at th is too, on my 2nd dslr.
CreateLive has classes on almost every camera out there. John Greengo (Canon photographer/ instructor, also work/s/ed for Canon) is excellent at going thru EVERY setting on your camera and explaining in detail each function. He offers different scenarios/ different conditions and how to maneuver the settings on the go. Once I knew what the settings did and how to work it, my stress level decreased, esp when out on an excursion (of sorts) or events you want to catch, and your under pressure to get it right.
Its like learning CPR every yr, once you know it, and practice it, becomes automatic without needing to stop and think...get more stressed and start messing up etc....Surely we have all been there.
If you can handle the kind of stress of engine failure during a transport flight, you WILL get this. Those disasters will make you better at it b.c now you will investigate what it was that went haywire. (we're stil talking photos not flight) lol we hope anyway.
I did transports for a month. I was not the pilot, but the caregiver. That alone is stressful, esp if patient not stable. You had engine/ electric issues on top of an already stressful situation. All I can say is....Nerves of steel....Nobody sees the jelly knees or the knots in your stomach (lucky for us)
