Have you ever...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:X%16e.33363$NW5.4119@attbi_s02...
...refused to fly with someone you felt was not entirely safe? (With that
person acting as PIC, not as a passenger in your own plane.)

I had it happen earlier this year, for the first time, ever, and it felt,
well, weird.

I think I did the right thing, but it's hard to say. That funny little
voice in my head just kept saying "stay on the ground..." -- so I did.

Never heard that voice before.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I've never been invited up by a pilot I wouldn't fly with, but I have been
invited to ride along in airplanes I wouldn't fly in. Homebuilt helicopters
come to mind, as does an offer of a ride in a '47 Bonanza which was known to
have serious corrosion problems in the flight control skins as well as
wiring with crumbling insulation. I figured those things were the tips of
the iceberg with that Bonanza...

My experience was actually a combination of factors.

- The aircraft was a high-performance home-built (not built by the
current owner)
- The pilot had recently purchased the aircraft
- The pilot has an aggressive, somewhat unpredictable personality
- I'd flown with this pilot before, and was taken aback at the way they
skated on radio and standard pattern procedures.
- The weather was predicted to be marginal along the route of flight

For the first time, ever, I felt better staying on the ground.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

Good call. Reading your list, I'd say any any 2 of these would be more
than enough to justify not going along on the flight. I wouldn't have
gone either.

Regards,

Fred G. Black, PP-ASEL,G Sundowner C-FJQG @ CYOW
18 Perrin Ave Phone: (613) 823-6017
Nepean, ON, K2J 2Y4 Email:

Jay Honeck wrote:
My experience was actually a combination of factors.

- The aircraft was a high-performance home-built (not built by the
current owner)
- The pilot had recently purchased the aircraft
- The pilot has an aggressive, somewhat unpredictable personality
- I'd flown with this pilot before, and was taken aback at the way they
skated on radio and standard pattern procedures.
- The weather was predicted to be marginal along the route of flight

For the first time, ever, I felt better staying on the ground.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message

Yes, my first CFI-I.

He was a hot dog. I flew with him twice and then quit him.

A few weeks later he was trying to show someone how close to the threshold
he could put the wheels on landing. He came up a few feet short and badly
damaged the aircraft and his career, but fortunately no ones health.