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From: rlr@avsdT.BERKNET (Rhode L. Roberts)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Making First Time Flyers Nervous
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 13:41:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 13:41:47 1985
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> Did it ever occur to anyone that you can make a first time
> flyer REAL NERVOUS by reading the airplane checklist?
> 
	I go out of my way NOT to make a first time
	flyer nervous.

	I will only take them on perfect cavu days
	with no wind.  Get them to ask questions by
	talking about what we are going to experience
	and leaving obvious holes in the story.

	An example would be to say;
	We will go through all the common phases of
	flight in about 5 min.
	They ususally ask how, at which point you
	graphically explain the "once around the pattern"
	story.  

	I talk the entire time I do the "Complete walk around",
	then, once in the cabin, completely explain the panel,
	once again setting it up for questions and answers.

	It may take a half an hour before we even get to
	starting up the engine.  I also include a rundown
	on who we are talk to on the radio, why, and in 
	which order, explaing the needs of communication
	and the logic behind the "lingo".  Tell them ALL about
	the run-up before starting up.  Basiclly, tell them
	everything in the order in which it will take place.

	I tell them that we will fly around the pattern, stop,
	shut-down, and talk about what we just went through.
	If they are still happy ( 9 out of 10 ) we will mabey
	go for a longer ( 1/2 hour ) very pretty 2000 AGL
	sight seeing tour of the area.  They usually beg for
	it.  The next time out a little longer.  The third
	time out, a night flight over a sea of gems is in order.

	By doing all of this in a painstaking manner, the
	first timer usually feels very safe, comfortable,
	and, knows before the fact, the things that are
	going on.  They really feel a part of it all, instead
	of feeling out of control and at the mercy of some one
	else and fate.  Now they will want to chase down the
	ticket, and you have really done something for sombody
	else, yourself, and in this day and age, most immportantly,
	for aviation.


				R. L. Roberts
				Ampex Corporation
				One of the Allied/Signal Companies
				Audio Video Systems Division
				Computer Services Group
				401 Broadway  M.S. 3-54
				Redwood City, CA. 94063-3199
				(415) 367-3790
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