"Henry Kisor" wrote in message
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And one more thing, Peter. Never, with a green passenger aboard and when
suddenly realizing that you've screwed up the approach and will have to do
a
go-round, say "Oh, ****!"

Well, I'm not inclined to say stuff like that anyway.

I did, however, accidently panic a passenger once shortly after takeoff,
when someone else's radio started beeping on the tower frequency (to which I
was still tuned, of course). I had another friend, also a pilot, in the
right seat and he and I both had a brief "what the heck is that?"
discussion, as he fiddled with the radio knobs to verify that it was indeed
coming over the radio.

What was to us a simple curiosity was to my other passenger a "uh oh...two
pilots up front, and they both seem confused...this can't be good".

So remember, just as "oh, ****" isn't something that passengers like to
hear, neither necessarily is "I wonder what that is". Passengers like to be
under the impression that you have EVERYTHING completely under your control,
whether you do or not.

Pete