Flying in Twin Engine Cessna

Haha no

Just hope there’s no turbulence

Flying as a passenger in the copilot seat I looked over at the pilot and saw he was doubled over. He was looking at a chart spread out at his feet but for a second I had sheer panic as I thought he was dead or passed out.

I have the opposite issue as you...

I get paranoid on the commercial jets, but on the smaller bush planes I'm perfectly comfortable

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Last time we flew together I sat in copilot seat....an alarm started going off on the planes dash when we we 15000 feet up. He yelled "Oh shite". The last thing I want to hear the pilot say is "Oh shite". I nearly shite my pants.

Luckily the alarm was caused by him forgetting to turn the knob to decompress the cabin. After he turned the knob, the alarm went off a few seconds later.

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I feel all of your concerns are warranted.

Keep your seatbelt fastened. He may try to push you out.



Seriously though. My college girlfriend's dad flew us back and forth from my state to hers and reverse. On one occasion when I was sitting in the co-pilot's seat he asked if I wanted to fly it, and without waiting for a response flipped the controls over to me. I quickly learned that it is real easy to gain altitude just by the pressure of your hands gripping the controls. Did not want to try landing the thing. He was that kind of guy, though, a self-made millionaire who was riding a Harley to work in his fifties.

Don’t fly with your boss if he’s the “pilot.”

“Luckily”. is an apt description.

My brother is a retired Air Force fighter pilot. His specialty is spin and recovery and he trains fighter pilots now. I trust him implicitly. That doesn't mean I don't crap myself just a little bit when we we're up in his single engine Cessna when the wind just makes the world drop out from under you for a second or two.