26/26. I hear they are including CRM in couples counseling.🤣My wife loves to fly. She is always scanning for traffic. She is learning to read charts. Radios, she is reluctant to fly the Mooney but we are getting there. Fly Safe!✈️
26 for 26 I’m a Student Pilot so my Wife is not currently flying with me in the plane, but she wants to very soon. We watch all of the MzeroA videos we can find to watch together and during today’s 31 day Challenge, she told me that, Magda is a Wonderful Inspiration to her and she helps to motivate her!!! My Wife encourages me to keep studying to be the best pilot I can be. She helps me schedule lessons, she Prays for Me for wisdom and safe flying!!! We talk about taking flying trips and flying out of town for dinner and flying back the next day! Thank you Magda and Jason, you guys inspire both of us to be at our best!!! May God BLESS you and your family Greatly!!!
26 for 26. My wife is not a pilot. But she is always learning. When we arrive at the hanger, she will connect the headsets, power up the Stratus and IPad. I try to teach her something new each time we fly together.
26 for 26. Love the idea of sharing the experience, leads to making the passenger more relaxed, comfortable and part of the process. Thanks so much for all that you do for us, Jason.
You mentioned flying with another pilot. In my experience, both as pilot and passenger/pilot, in those situations, it's very important to communicate who is doing what. If the passenger/pilot takes over tasks, the PIC should make sure he knows this, and that those tasks are then DELEGATED to the pax/pilot. Don't assume because they did it once, that they will continue doing it. Basically, if you've got two pilots up front, use some CRM and communicate tasks and expectations. One time, very early on in my training, I was in a situation where we had two pilots up front during an approach in a 152, and both of us though the other one was flying. Not good.
26 for 26. Another great discussion. Thank you, Jason and Magda! My wife is a tremendous help by reading the various checklists. She also is a great reminder for tasks such as switching fuel tanks. I lean rather aggressively during taxi. She double checks my mixture enrichment following my announcement of "lights, camera, action" just prior to crossing the hold short line for departure. Thank you for the tips on altimeter settings and squawk codes. 👍 The latter is much easier to take care of in the airplane I fly from the right seat anyway.
Not just spouses/sig others, but as kids we learned the cockpit environment by assisting my dad with altitude changes, squawk codes, heading changes, and double and triple checking all transmissions and read backs. 🎉
26/26. My wife Deborah has her own iPad/ForeFlight open and helps me look up frequencies, headings, elevations, FBO info or latest METAR, etc. It frees me up to focus on aviating, navigating, and communicating.
26 for 26. Great series and very helpful. I fly a C150 with basic panel. My wife is a terrific navigator using paper maps. On one flight the gps failed. No worries. She knew exactly where we were. She always sights the runways before me. I miss her when flying solo.
26 for 26! I think one of the most important CRM activities for your non-pilot "co-pilot" is training them to look out the windows and identify potential traffic for you. 4 eyes is better than two!
My son flies with me frequently and if we're taking a trip. For instance to the Bahamas we loadthe plane almost to gross weight. he's always helpful with the weight and balance, we break the plane up into sections. We've got a big dry erase board and we have a scale in our hanger and we'll load the plane accordingly. It's a lot of work and he's like the best most conscientious helper you could ever ask for..
26 for 26!! Always love to teach my passengers, the tie downs, letting them put in the squawk code, etc. It’s extremely helpful for sure and lessens time on the ground and less stressful in the air
26 for 26. I never saw this but when I fly with my wife, she helps with tie downs chocks and window covers. I never thought anything of it but now I realize it’s appreciated. I never asked her to help. She just saw me do it when we fly and figured it’s a task she can handle.
26 of 26 done. 👍 I recommend bringing an extra kneeboard to give to a passenger who isn't a rated pilot so he/she can learn and assist with taking notes while in flight and assist with other cockpit duties; especially helping with checklists. Keeps them distracted and makes them feel as a useful part of the flying experience. May even learn a few things.
26-26 and primary reason for getting my PPL was sunsets and food runs with the family. So gotta teach my wife the ins and outs of preflight prep, also. Thanks Jason & Magda!
I love the fact that Magda takes the time to could the tie down rope! I do the same thing. So many people just leave it on the ground. Take the time to do something right all the time. It builds good habits!
twenty-six for twenty-six! I enjoy helping my dad (pilot) remove chocks and chains, assist with preflight, have our flight school call for fuel if needed, grab oil or life jackets/anything else we might need on our flights. We are like pilot companions! And what a great joy to learn so much by the examples they set! Thanks you guys!
26 for 26, My wife is a great asset when we fly. She is always watching for traffic, Holds the iPad and checks info on iPad for me. Calls out the checklist line by line as I complete each item. Makes me a much safer pilot!! She is not remotely interested in learning to fly but it is surprising how much she has learned after hours of going together.
26 for 26. I ask my wife or any other passenger to listen up for our calls sign from ATC. It is a good backup and actually helps me to hear because if we are in mid-conversation we'll both be quite to catch the radio call.
26/26. My wife went through ground years ago when she was in high school. That experience is really valuable when we take flights together. When requesting flight following for instance, if she isn’t familiar with something, it takes only a very brief conversation for her to completely understand what is going on. In an emergency, she understands how to use radios, control the airplane, how the systems work and how to bring the plane in for a landing. But she likes to joke that she likes to be chauffeured around.
26/26. My wife flies with me all the time. She helps with the preflight (pulling chocks, removing pitot cover and cowl inlet covers, etc). She has also learned how to pull things up on the iPad like approach procedures. I have heard of flight schools offering a “copilot course” where people can learn the basics of the avionics, and flying the aircraft in case something happens to their pilot.
26/26 my wife was my first passenger two days after my check ride. APF 2002 . I really appreciate this video and concept. We are very much the same in life and aviation even though the later is seldom these days.
This has been such a great series. As a RUclipsr I know how much work it is cranking out this much content in this short amount of time. Thank you for doing it. Great job!!!
26 for 26! My partner wants to be helpful in the plane. Once she is able to get in the plane. Taking that slow 😊 it's different in a small plane. We have the pilot's companion book too and plan to do a course for her. A little extra help in the plane is always a good thing. Thanks Jason and Magda!!!!!
26 for 26. I’m a student pilot working towards my private🙏🏻. One small way that we help each other is checking if we have fuel in our cars. I do look forward to bringing that back up person like my wife someday when I’m able to take her and the family out flying. 🙏🏻✈️
26/26, great video. Newer private pilot, haven’t got my wife to go up with me yet. Can’t wait for that, but when I fly with a buddy we do the same things. Always helping, always trying to take some of the work load off each other doing things you mentioned! Thank you!
26/26. Perfect story. My wife is a Sport Pilot but not currently type certified on the aircraft we currently own. She helps with the same task your wife does, monitors engine instruments, maps and flight tracker apps. It is always helpful having a second aircraft oriented person on board.
26 of 26. For CRM my wife likes to plan where she wants to go and my children make sure their iPads and headphones are charged so they don’t have to listen to dad on the headset lol. Although my 10 year old is a pilot in training. His dream is for us to fly together someday with him as PIC. 😀
Couldn't agree more. My spouse (non-pilot) sets up headsets, iPad etc. while I preflight. She also logs Hobbs/Tach for record keeping. In flight, backs up checks on alt setting, grabs freqs etc. 26 for 26.
It’s nice not to have to do every little thing. My girl is studying to get her ticket. She helps with the tablet for traffic, constantly looking outside and help with the radios. It’s all about cockpit management!
Thanks Jason and Magda, you are a great team and always convey the joy that flying brings. Magna is a great role model for women who want to be involved in aviation whether they choose to be a pilot or do support work to make sure the flights go smoothly.
26 for 26 My family members are not pilots, but they have learned a lot about, and when I go to fly, they have very good pointing questions, which are some kind of reminders
26:26. My spouse is not a pilot but I have her gradually get comfortable with the things that she might need to handle in a worst case scenario. She does the CAPS briefing, knows how to engage autopilot, engage ATC, and even do some light stick and rudder should the need arise.
26/26 I’m not married, most of the time I fly by myself so all the tasks are on me. Hey we need to start a 365 or in this case 366 day safer pilot challenge! I love these videos.
26 of 26 my wife is not a pilot either but she helps untie the aircraft plug in the headsets. I give her the checklist and have her go around the aircraft checking off the checklist as I watch her. I’ve been trying to teach her how to use the radio and do the other stuff and my goal is to get it so that she can learn the airplane if something happens to me.
26 for 26. My wife won't fly with me so I take people from work. I always give passengers the option of meeting me at the airport before or after I complete the preflight checks. Believe it or not, pretty much everyone wants to observe the preflight, which I encourage!
I get potential students involved on discovery flights. I show tell them the plan for taxing and hand them the IPad, telling them to follow along as the airplane moves around on the airport diagram.
26 for 26 Tough one for me as my wife loves to fly but not interested in doing anything with the flight as she is afraid of doing something incorrectly. She does help with the exterior items which I am grateful for but would love to see her learn a little more. I keep trying to ask for the little things which as you note turn into big things.
26:26 - the second time I took my wife up, her door opened on takeoff. We both learnt the value in ensuring non experienced passengers need help checking doors belts etc. She was not impressed that day.
26/26.......the biggest use of my spouse, or any pax is extra eyes looking for and calling out traffic. My wife can handle many of the other details in calm air with minimal maneuvers..otherwise she gets motion sicknes😢
You should do a video on flying with children! As pilots we are always wanting to take our family, children or grandchildren. What's your thoughts on that?
I would love to take my husband flying again but unless it is perfectly blue skies I doubt he would agree to it. At this stage I'm VFR only and he kept asking why we couldn't just fly over top of the clouds. Two flights, that's all, in four years of flying.
First thing my wife did after we bought our plane was take landing lessons from my CFI. I also created an emergency aviating, navigating and communicating checklist for her, complete with illustrations and photos so she can find an airport, communicate effectively and have the best chance to land safely. It’s short, sweet and to the point; no fluff. She is a lot more comfortable flying now knowing that if for some reason I become incapacitated, she has the ability to get us down safely. Now she’s totally into handling radio frequencies, does most taxi ops, transponder codes, helps with checklists and follows along in Foreflight on her iPad.
26 for 26. One thing my wife does...and also falls into outside the checklist from 24, is she will ask me several 'check' questions before we go flying. It's like a second conscience. For example: Is there any icing? How are the winds? Are we good one fuel / W&B etc.
26 for 26! When I have --er-- had a right-seater, I would have them follow me around the airplane as I did the exterior preflight and explain to them what I was doing and why. Most of them didn't know that light planes need to have their fuel checked for water/fouling, and that you check the oil, visible hose and electronic connections, and belts' tension before _every_ flight. I'd point out the magnetos, explaining how they work, etc. It made them feel like a crew member, as opposed to just an idle passenger. Once we got into the airplane, I'd explain the six-pack, the radio stack, and the transponder and show them how the VOR CDIs worked while completing the avionics checklist. I'd hand them the laminated startup checklist and have them read it off, and I'd comply with each item they'd read off with a read back and "check." I loved it when they'd grin because they'd realize that they were doing something really important and cool. As for my (ex) wife, I could never get her to fly with me. She said that I was too goofy and that she couldn't see me as being serious enough not to show off if she got in the airplane with me. The kids, on the other hand, went for it! 😊 Thank you again, Jason (and Magda!), for an enjoyable video. Clear skies!
Today’s lesson is, “a happy spouse means a happy pilot”. Involving your wife in your flying passion will help sway her support for that expensive hobby or career.
My wife is not a pilot. She would not make a good pilot. She has no interest in flying beyond being taken places fast that we otherwise wouldn't be able to go (by car) - which she fully embraces. She usually rides in the back seat because there's more room to stretch out.
26/26 Interestingly enough, even though I have been training for 2 full years and am really close to completing my commercial multi engine rating, I’ve only have the privilege of flying with a passenger once. My only passenger was, of course, my wife. I really did my best to brief her on exactly what to expect for our 52NM X-country, but in the most rudimentary way I could. I didn’t want to overload her with any of my performance calculations or airspeeds based on weight, but I wanted her to know we will be heading in this direction, we will be at this altitude, it should take about this long, and what safety related information she needed to know. From there, everything else was my responsibility. It was her first time sitting at the controls, and she has zero comfortability touching any buttons. It was a very fun, and unique situation where I needed to utilize my SRM, even though it wasn’t a solo flight. I really look forward to getting more experiences like this with my family in the future.
26 for 26! This one was a rough one for me. The main reason I wanted my pilot's license is to fly my wife and kids to the beach. But the thought of owning an airplane helped her decide to leave me...
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26/26 wifey listened and had an eye roll when hearing about “helping” lol. She’s still all about getting over the fear of dying
Yeah, my eyes may have rolled back so far my head I couldn’t get them back out, but I’m the student pilot and I’m a girl, so there you go! 😏
Lol I can RELATE!
26/26. I hear they are including CRM in couples counseling.🤣My wife loves to fly. She is always scanning for traffic. She is learning to read charts. Radios, she is reluctant to fly the Mooney but we are getting there. Fly Safe!✈️
hahaha too funny
26 for 26 I’m a Student Pilot so my Wife is not currently flying with me in the plane, but she wants to very soon. We watch all of the MzeroA videos we can find to watch together and during today’s 31 day Challenge, she told me that, Magda is a Wonderful Inspiration to her and she helps to motivate her!!! My Wife encourages me to keep studying to be the best pilot I can be. She helps me schedule lessons, she Prays for Me for wisdom and safe flying!!! We talk about taking flying trips and flying out of town for dinner and flying back the next day! Thank you Magda and Jason, you guys inspire both of us to be at our best!!! May God BLESS you and your family Greatly!!!
26 for 26. My wife is not a pilot. But she is always learning. When we arrive at the hanger, she will connect the headsets, power up the Stratus and IPad. I try to teach her something new each time we fly together.
26/26. My wife was never comfortable pushing buttons or changing frequencies but she was good at looking for traffic which is always helpful.
26 for 26. Love the idea of sharing the experience, leads to making the passenger more relaxed, comfortable and part of the process. Thanks so much for all that you do for us, Jason.
You mentioned flying with another pilot. In my experience, both as pilot and passenger/pilot, in those situations, it's very important to communicate who is doing what. If the passenger/pilot takes over tasks, the PIC should make sure he knows this, and that those tasks are then DELEGATED to the pax/pilot. Don't assume because they did it once, that they will continue doing it. Basically, if you've got two pilots up front, use some CRM and communicate tasks and expectations.
One time, very early on in my training, I was in a situation where we had two pilots up front during an approach in a 152, and both of us though the other one was flying. Not good.
26/26 my spouse is as helpful as your's :) Mine is working on her PPL so she's learning as well. She's keeping me on my toes
26 for 26. Another great discussion. Thank you, Jason and Magda! My wife is a tremendous help by reading the various checklists. She also is a great reminder for tasks such as switching fuel tanks. I lean rather aggressively during taxi. She double checks my mixture enrichment following my announcement of "lights, camera, action" just prior to crossing the hold short line for departure. Thank you for the tips on altimeter settings and squawk codes. 👍 The latter is much easier to take care of in the airplane I fly from the right seat anyway.
Not just spouses/sig others, but as kids we learned the cockpit environment by assisting my dad with altitude changes, squawk codes, heading changes, and double and triple checking all transmissions and read backs. 🎉
26 for 26 great CRM Magda, you keep working on Jason, he can learn a thing or two from you. Love the videos guys. God bless.
26 for 26 I have my kids and wife helping me. It makes great memories and great flights!!
26 for 26. Another great video, always good to have more eyes in the cockpit to help out!
26 for 26! Roger That ! Thanks Jason !
26/26. My wife Deborah has her own iPad/ForeFlight open and helps me look up frequencies, headings, elevations, FBO info or latest METAR, etc. It frees me up to focus on aviating, navigating, and communicating.
26 for 26. Great series and very helpful. I fly a C150 with basic panel. My wife is a terrific navigator using paper maps. On one flight the gps failed. No worries. She knew exactly where we were. She always sights the runways before me. I miss her when flying solo.
26 for 26! I think one of the most important CRM activities for your non-pilot "co-pilot" is training them to look out the windows and identify potential traffic for you. 4 eyes is better than two!
My son flies with me frequently and if we're taking a trip. For instance to the Bahamas we loadthe plane almost to gross weight. he's always helpful with the weight and balance, we break the plane up into sections. We've got a big dry erase board and we have a scale in our hanger and we'll load the plane accordingly. It's a lot of work and he's like the best most conscientious helper you could ever ask for..
26 for 26. Teamwork makes the dream work!
26 for 26!! Always love to teach my passengers, the tie downs, letting them put in the squawk code, etc. It’s extremely helpful for sure and lessens time on the ground and less stressful in the air
26 for 26. I never saw this but when I fly with my wife, she helps with tie downs chocks and window covers. I never thought anything of it but now I realize it’s appreciated. I never asked her to help. She just saw me do it when we fly and figured it’s a task she can handle.
I think a thank you and a hug for your wife are in order here!
26 of 26 done. 👍 I recommend bringing an extra kneeboard to give to a passenger who isn't a rated pilot so he/she can learn and assist with taking notes while in flight and assist with other cockpit duties; especially helping with checklists. Keeps them distracted and makes them feel as a useful part of the flying experience. May even learn a few things.
26-26 and primary reason for getting my PPL was sunsets and food runs with the family. So gotta teach my wife the ins and outs of preflight prep, also. Thanks Jason & Magda!
I love the fact that Magda takes the time to could the tie down rope! I do the same thing. So many people just leave it on the ground. Take the time to do something right all the time. It builds good habits!
twenty-six for twenty-six! I enjoy helping my dad (pilot) remove chocks and chains, assist with preflight, have our flight school call for fuel if needed, grab oil or life jackets/anything else we might need on our flights. We are like pilot companions! And what a great joy to learn so much by the examples they set! Thanks you guys!
26 for 26, My wife is a great asset when we fly. She is always watching for traffic, Holds the iPad and checks info on iPad for me. Calls out the checklist line by line as I complete each item. Makes me a much safer pilot!! She is not remotely interested in learning to fly but it is surprising how much she has learned after hours of going together.
26 for 26. I ask my wife or any other passenger to listen up for our calls sign from ATC. It is a good backup and actually helps me to hear because if we are in mid-conversation we'll both be quite to catch the radio call.
26 for 26! Thanks Jason for the great videos
26/26. My wife went through ground years ago when she was in high school. That experience is really valuable when we take flights together. When requesting flight following for instance, if she isn’t familiar with something, it takes only a very brief conversation for her to completely understand what is going on. In an emergency, she understands how to use radios, control the airplane, how the systems work and how to bring the plane in for a landing. But she likes to joke that she likes to be chauffeured around.
26 for 26, my wife just refuses to fly in a small plane. I take many other family members flying and use this approach.
26/26, my wife got her certificate when she was 50, we now have to take turns who is pic, it is a great combination and a lot of fun flying together.
26/26. My wife flies with me all the time. She helps with the preflight (pulling chocks, removing pitot cover and cowl inlet covers, etc). She has also learned how to pull things up on the iPad like approach procedures. I have heard of flight schools offering a “copilot course” where people can learn the basics of the avionics, and flying the aircraft in case something happens to their pilot.
26 for 26 here. My wife will be my first passenger once I get my PPL. I’ll include her on duties when that happens.
26/26 my wife was my first passenger two days after my check ride. APF 2002 . I really appreciate this video and concept. We are very much the same in life and aviation even though the later is seldom these days.
This has been such a great series. As a RUclipsr I know how much work it is cranking out this much content in this short amount of time. Thank you for doing it. Great job!!!
26 for 26! My partner wants to be helpful in the plane. Once she is able to get in the plane. Taking that slow 😊 it's different in a small plane. We have the pilot's companion book too and plan to do a course for her. A little extra help in the plane is always a good thing. Thanks Jason and Magda!!!!!
26 for 26 Always good to have help and another set of eyes in the cockpit. Thank you Jason
26 for 26. I’m a student pilot working towards my private🙏🏻. One small way that we help each other is checking if we have fuel in our cars. I do look forward to bringing that back up person like my wife someday when I’m able to take her and the family out flying.
🙏🏻✈️
26/26, great video. Newer private pilot, haven’t got my wife to go up with me yet. Can’t wait for that, but when I fly with a buddy we do the same things. Always helping, always trying to take some of the work load off each other doing things you mentioned! Thank you!
26/26... a second person is always a help!
26/26. Perfect story. My wife is a Sport Pilot but not currently type certified on the aircraft we currently own. She helps with the same task your wife does, monitors engine instruments, maps and flight tracker apps. It is always helpful having a second aircraft oriented person on board.
I fly right seat. Always setting a 30-minute timer for fuel to switch tanks, looking for traffic and watching for landmarks.
26 of 26. For CRM my wife likes to plan where she wants to go and my children make sure their iPads and headphones are charged so they don’t have to listen to dad on the headset lol. Although my 10 year old is a pilot in training. His dream is for us to fly together someday with him as PIC. 😀
26 for 26! Getting excited for the livestream!
Couldn't agree more. My spouse (non-pilot) sets up headsets, iPad etc. while I preflight. She also logs Hobbs/Tach for record keeping. In flight, backs up checks on alt setting, grabs freqs etc. 26 for 26.
Good to see you flying together
Cockpit Resources - extra eyes, ears and convenience (water, food, retrieving items etc)
26 for 26. Yes my wife is a huge help as well she always makes sure everything is hooked up and ready to go after we arrive at the hanger.
It’s nice not to have to do every little thing. My girl is studying to get her ticket. She helps with the tablet for traffic, constantly looking outside and help with the radios. It’s all about cockpit management!
26 for 26. I have owned our plane since 2010 and my spouse has sat in it once! They get motion sickness walking through a carnival.
26 for 26!
Totally Agree!!
Teamwork is Great in Life…
In and out of the cockpit!!!
Great series!
ET
Thanks Jason and Magda, you are a great team and always convey the joy that flying brings. Magna is a great role model for women who want to be involved in aviation whether they choose to be a pilot or do support work to make sure the flights go smoothly.
26 for 26. My wife added fashion to our teamwork by collecting varying color hats with “Co-Pilot” embroidered on the front.😊 ~Mark G.
26 for 26!! Thanks Jason!!
26 / 26…. Excellent stuff keep it going
26/26 CRM, great skills to learn and teach. Nice work Jason and Magda!
26 for 26! Thank you for more great tips.
26/26, playing catch up from the weekend... My wife and kids will help me once i am able to carry passengers
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My family members are not pilots, but they have learned a lot about, and when I go to fly, they have very good pointing questions, which are some kind of reminders
26:26. My spouse is not a pilot but I have her gradually get comfortable with the things that she might need to handle in a worst case scenario. She does the CAPS briefing, knows how to engage autopilot, engage ATC, and even do some light stick and rudder should the need arise.
26/26 I’m not married, most of the time I fly by myself so all the tasks are on me. Hey we need to start a 365 or in this case 366 day safer pilot challenge! I love these videos.
26 of 26 my wife is not a pilot either but she helps untie the aircraft plug in the headsets. I give her the checklist and have her go around the aircraft checking off the checklist as I watch her. I’ve been trying to teach her how to use the radio and do the other stuff and my goal is to get it so that she can learn the airplane if something happens to me.
26 for 26! Flying solo (in life and the air) right now, but I plan on taking some friends up once I get my license. Thanks for the tips!
26 for 26. Thanks for today's flying tip.
26-4-26! Woohoo!🎉
26 4 26!
It isn't just the time savings, it's the streamlining of tasks that's so helpful. Less hassle.
26 for 26… life lesson as whole!
Non pilot passengers feel more at ease and more involved, therefore more comfortable!
26 for 26, my wife did take ground school once and was going to take the spouse emergency landing, but the instructor quit before she could try
26 for 26...you have a great co-pilot ( in training).
26 for 26. My wife won't fly with me so I take people from work. I always give passengers the option of meeting me at the airport before or after I complete the preflight checks. Believe it or not, pretty much everyone wants to observe the preflight, which I encourage!
26/26 Thanks Jason !
I get potential students involved on discovery flights. I show tell them the plan for taxing and hand them the IPad, telling them to follow along as the airplane moves around on the airport diagram.
26 of 26 😇👌👍I'm single since 8 yrs now soooo one of these days it might be usefull 👍👌😇Cheers 🍻🍻
26 for 26 - putting radio freqs in, traffic scan, carrying stuff to/from the airplane
26 for 26 Tough one for me as my wife loves to fly but not interested in doing anything with the flight as she is afraid of doing something incorrectly. She does help with the exterior items which I am grateful for but would love to see her learn a little more. I keep trying to ask for the little things which as you note turn into big things.
26 for 26! Still working on cockpit CRM with the family.
26/26 My wife helps keep an eye on the fish finder helping identify potential issues.🙂
26-4-26 🎉🎉. My recommendation to passengers, please do not fall asleep 🙏
26:26 - the second time I took my wife up, her door opened on takeoff. We both learnt the value in ensuring non experienced passengers need help checking doors belts etc. She was not impressed that day.
26 and going!
26/26.......the biggest use of my spouse, or any pax is extra eyes looking for and calling out traffic. My wife can handle many of the other details in calm air with minimal maneuvers..otherwise she gets motion sicknes😢
26 for 26. Hope to have my wife on a flight soon. keep flying !!
26/26! My wife is my traffic spotter!
You should do a video on flying with children! As pilots we are always wanting to take our family, children or grandchildren. What's your thoughts on that?
Would definitely love to meet yall oneday
26 for 26 - More great stuff from MzeroA!
I would love to take my husband flying again but unless it is perfectly blue skies I doubt he would agree to it. At this stage I'm VFR only and he kept asking why we couldn't just fly over top of the clouds. Two flights, that's all, in four years of flying.
First thing my wife did after we bought our plane was take landing lessons from my CFI. I also created an emergency aviating, navigating and communicating checklist for her, complete with illustrations and photos so she can find an airport, communicate effectively and have the best chance to land safely. It’s short, sweet and to the point; no fluff.
She is a lot more comfortable flying now knowing that if for some reason I become incapacitated, she has the ability to get us down safely. Now she’s totally into handling radio frequencies, does most taxi ops, transponder codes, helps with checklists and follows along in Foreflight on her iPad.
26 for 26. One thing my wife does...and also falls into outside the checklist from 24, is she will ask me several 'check' questions before we go flying. It's like a second conscience. For example: Is there any icing? How are the winds? Are we good one fuel / W&B etc.
I am26 for 26. Flying wuth my so is always a blessing. Someday i wnt to fly formaion with him in our Cessna 159.
26 for 26. Great tip!
26 for 26! When I have --er-- had a right-seater, I would have them follow me around the airplane as I did the exterior preflight and explain to them what I was doing and why. Most of them didn't know that light planes need to have their fuel checked for water/fouling, and that you check the oil, visible hose and electronic connections, and belts' tension before _every_ flight. I'd point out the magnetos, explaining how they work, etc. It made them feel like a crew member, as opposed to just an idle passenger. Once we got into the airplane, I'd explain the six-pack, the radio stack, and the transponder and show them how the VOR CDIs worked while completing the avionics checklist. I'd hand them the laminated startup checklist and have them read it off, and I'd comply with each item they'd read off with a read back and "check."
I loved it when they'd grin because they'd realize that they were doing something really important and cool.
As for my (ex) wife, I could never get her to fly with me. She said that I was too goofy and that she couldn't see me as being serious enough not to show off if she got in the airplane with me. The kids, on the other hand, went for it! 😊 Thank you again, Jason (and Magda!), for an enjoyable video. Clear skies!
I am currently building an RV7 and My wife is interested in doing some flight training so she can also help out
Today’s lesson is, “a happy spouse means a happy pilot”. Involving your wife in your flying passion will help sway her support for that expensive hobby or career.
My wife is not a pilot. She would not make a good pilot. She has no interest in flying beyond being taken places fast that we otherwise wouldn't be able to go (by car) - which she fully embraces. She usually rides in the back seat because there's more room to stretch out.
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Interestingly enough, even though I have been training for 2 full years and am really close to completing my commercial multi engine rating, I’ve only have the privilege of flying with a passenger once. My only passenger was, of course, my wife. I really did my best to brief her on exactly what to expect for our 52NM X-country, but in the most rudimentary way I could. I didn’t want to overload her with any of my performance calculations or airspeeds based on weight, but I wanted her to know we will be heading in this direction, we will be at this altitude, it should take about this long, and what safety related information she needed to know. From there, everything else was my responsibility. It was her first time sitting at the controls, and she has zero comfortability touching any buttons. It was a very fun, and unique situation where I needed to utilize my SRM, even though it wasn’t a solo flight. I really look forward to getting more experiences like this with my family in the future.
26/26 - wish this was a daily, year round program. I'd pay for that.
26/26 trust but verify the help your significant other does with the aircraft.
26/26, Buddy team yes
26/26 my wife is still working on her fear of flying. She is slowly getting there.
26 for 26! This one was a rough one for me. The main reason I wanted my pilot's license is to fly my wife and kids to the beach. But the thought of owning an airplane helped her decide to leave me...