On 2007-07-10 17:28:38 -0700, "Kyle Boatright" said:

After one spooky experience several years ago, I am very discriminating
about who I'll fly with.

First, I have to know a pilot well enough to form an opinion about his/her
abilities as a pilot and about the owner's mechanical aptitude and
ability/will to properly maintain the aircraft.

Heh. You would have had a hard time learning to fly if you thought that
way back then, eh?

As an instructor flying in a strange plane, I want to see logs, just
like a DPE would. The skill of the pilot I am flying with does not
matter so long as he is not suicidal. I am PIC. Always. Whether I like
it or not. I figure if I was asleep in the back of the plane and there
were an incident, some FAA type would insist I was PIC. So I make it
clear from the beginning.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor