Dan Luke wrote:

TheÂ*don'tÂ*likeÂ*theÂ*noise,Â*

My wife used to play in a rock band.

theyÂ*don't
like the cramped quarters,

My wife is small.

they don't like wearing headsets,

My wife has a comfortable headset.

they don't
like all the tech-y stuff,

My wife has an MS in computer science.

and they resent the large bite it takes out
of discretionary funds.Â*Â*

My wife also has a degree from Wharton, so spending money isn't scary.

MostÂ*ofÂ*all,Â*itÂ*frightensÂ*them:Â*theyÂ*unders tand
that it is dangerous, and, since any personal gratification they get
from their partner's flying is minimal,

My wife likes to travel quickly.

their enthusiasm for it is
understandably nil.

Your situation is extremely unusual, Jay.Â*Â*YouÂ*knowÂ*this,Â*ofÂ*course,Â*so
one might almost think you are simply bragging.

Thanks for the opportunity grin.

BTW, a fair number of women attend our MAPA meetings. Most are "in"
aviation in one way or another (ie. FBO owner, pilot, instructor, etc.). I
recall a presentation with one husband/wife pilot duo describing some
interesting mechanical problems they'd experienced, and a woman pilot
describing her flight across the US (with some incredible photographs).

Another presentation was a woman describing how to carry non-pilot
passengers. She'd started as a non-pilot passenger (with some pilot
friend), and ended up a CFI. I only wish she'd spent less time on how to
make passengers comfortable and more on how to hook them on flying grin.

It's a small sample, true, but I'd not go so far as to say that "wives don't
like flying". If nothing else, we should be asking what the husbands think
of their aviating spouses.

- Andrew