She wasn't my first flight after sign off. I had purposely waited until
she could sit in the front seat with me rather than having her fly in the
back with an instructor in the plane. I didn't question my ability to fly
the plane and we all know that situations you stated can happend to anyone
at anytime.

"Dennis O'Connor" wrote in
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Ya did good, though I question taking a nervous wife as a passenger on
your first flight after your sign off... Had you gotten into a bit of
weather and bounced around some, or forced to make an emergency
landing somewhere, you could kiss your wife goodbye as far as ever
flying with you again... I suggest you do some more flights either
solo or with other pilots as passenger for a bit more seasoning before
challenging the weather again with the wife aboard...