Unruly Passengers

SelwayKid wrote:

How would you handle a situation where a paying passenger began to
manhandle the controls?

Stick a pencil in his ear to get him to release the controls if he didnt
listen. Probably bop him in the nose to bring tears to his eyes if he
persisted

What would you do if a passenger keeps interrupting you during a
single pilot IFR approach into a very busy airport?

Ask nicely once to please be quiet as instructed in the preflight
breifing. Then quit asking nicely. THen switch the intercom to "pilot" only.

What would you do if your passengers lit up their marijuana in the
back of a twin?

Ask them if they brought enough for everyone. How did you handle it?

What would you do if the passenger was so big they kept getting in the
way of control travel?

Slide his seat all the way back, and not try to fly where I needed that
much control travel. Didnt you check freedom of control movement in your
pre-takeoff checklist? This shouldnt have been an airborne surprise.

What would you do if your passenger decided to get out of the airplane
while in flight?

Note the position very well, so they wouldnt have to wait two days for
the buzzards to circle to find the body, like they did down in Houston
last year. A former rocket scientist decided to try Skydiving sans chute
like that last year. He didnt have cancer like the 84 year old did, he
only was facing charges for stealing govt property.

These are all real and all have happened to me in my 45 years of
flying. A lot more that I can't think of at the moment.
A pilot was recently faced with it when an 84 year old man decided to
unstrap and get out of the front cockpit of a biplane and plunged to
his death. The pilot was unable to stop him.
What would you do?

What COULD you do?

Dave