On Feb 5, 3:40 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
chris writes:
Umm, his mate was a mate of mine who kept bugging me to go for a fly
with him because I apparently would really enjoy the experience!!! In
an effort to get them to shut the hell up I agreed to go with him for
a flight. Never again!!!

You risked your life just to shut someone up? Did you know how bad
this pilot was in advance, or did you have any inkling that he might
not be the best pilot around?

Flying with someone whose skills you've not been able to at least
roughly assess is even more dangerous than driving with someone under
such circumstances. I don't know that I'd be willing to fly with
anyone who is practically a stranger to me, at least in general
aviation (obviously I do this every time I take a commercial flight).

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Yeah, well that's probably a fair call!!

No, I didn't know how dangerous he was beforehand, although he does
tend to be a bit of a cowboy in real life - his idea of weeding the
yard behind his work is to pour petrol on it and set fire to it! I
understand he has had a long relationship with the local fire
department...

I did actually think he was going to kill us all!! And being in the
back seat sort of limits your options if it goes pear shaped..

I have found since then, that for every dodgy pilot I meet there are
several good ones - I flew with a couple of people from our club after
that and I was just stunned at how good they were - certainly inspires
you to improve your own flying...