Bob Fry wrote:

I believe the pilot is a confused coward who, having screwed up, isn't
man enough to admit it, and instead is more or less blaming the
student pilot! I wonder if the student was going to try to log the
time? They should bust him too. A real couple of bozos.

I agree with you on the pilot. A PIC trying to push some of the
heat onto his passenger is repugnant.

It might be tough to log dual without a CFI's singature. Frankly, as
far as the student is concerned, I'm not ready to hang him. This could
likely be a case of a student that doesn't know much about flying, who
put way more trust in the pilot than he should have.

I can remember when I was a student. I looked up to people who had
been flying for decades and assumed that they knew a hell of a lot more
about flying than I did. I flew with an instructor that was downright
dangerous, but I didn't have a clue until quite a long time later.

Put yourself in the student's shoes and take another look at it.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)