Married Couples and CRM (followon to Courious Crash)

tom wrote:
Even though my wife does not have a pilot certificate, she does have an
amazing common sense. She is never reluctant to share it. She also
seems to have an uncanny knack for understanding most of the aviation
faux pas. If she catches me doing anything that "seems" out of place,
I hear about it immediately.

Yep, I can relate to Tom's experiences. Heck, when I am high on
approach, she knows. My so called mistake was explaining the VASI /
PAPI light system.

She knows my preflight routine, and if I even hesitate on something,
she is all over me wanting to know what's up.

We keep a seperate "log" for her, and she has accumulated 103 hours of
flying time with me. I will say she has been a trooper through it
all.

She will take 1 1/2 hour trips with no problems, but still antsy about
anything longer then that, not for the equipment or pilot, but the
weather which I fully understand.

She will tolerate pop corn type clouds, but anything more denser, she'd
just as well stay on the ground, which I fully respect.

Heck, she goes with me, so I don't ask anything more then that :-)
since I am sure it's a huge step for her to get this far.

Allen

You are a very lucky man, allen.