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"David Rind" wrote in message ... running with scissors wrote: As a question, why would you want to place a passenger in the left seat? what purpose would it serve ? There are regulations pertaining to this, and if you are indeed doing your instructors rating you should have gained a reasonable knowledge of the FAR's and furthermore have an understaning of CRM. as we are all aware, many GA aircraft are equipped with "dual" controls and instumentation, however, depending on the aircraft the left seat is configured as the primary control station, with reduced/limited access from the right seat, limited further if a body is in that seat, limited even further if it is occupied by a non pilot. so again, what purpose would it serve to position a non pilot in the left seat and place yourself in the right seat, why would you want to limit access to full control of the aircraft. you may be able to find a loophole in the FAR's, renters policy or insurance requirements to allow you to do this "legally", though even posing the question indicates a complete failure to understand CRM and lack of professionalism. if i found one of my pilots acting in this manner he would never be in one of my cockpits again forthwith. You make it sound like some incredibly dangerous activity, but CFI's fly from the right seat all the time and are expected to be able to take over from that seat even if the student has gotten the plane into a spin or is in an unusual attitude in IMC. Why the terror about flying from the right? Reasons you might want to sit on the right include allowing the passenger to practice flying (not loggable toward a rating if you're not a CFI, but that may not be important to you or the passenger), and to practice for your CFI exam. If you don't feel competent to fly from the right or feel like there are important instruments or controls that you don't have access to, then you shouldn't do it. But viewing it as a "loophole" or "unprofessional" seems really over the top. -- David Rind I had to land our club's 172 from the right seat once, when my newly licensed pilot friend couldn't quite get a crosswind landing down. I think I was lucky. I was pretty familiar with the plane, but had never flown from the right seat before. We now have a Cherokee 180 and I think I'd like to get some right seat time for various reasons (the one above, to introduce a friend to flying, or any number of emergency reasons). I think it would just take some safe practice with a pilot in the left seat in case things just weren't working right. |
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