Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site bcsaic.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!ted From: ted@bcsaic.UUCP (ted jardine) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Making First Time Flyers Nervous Message-ID: <207@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 14:26:06 EDT Article-I.D.: bcsaic.207 Posted: Mon Aug 12 14:26:06 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 15:31:23 EDT References: <360@tektools.UUCP> Reply-To: ted@bcsaic.UUCP (ted jardine) Distribution: net Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle Lines: 19 Summary: In article <360@tektools.UUCP> bobc@tektools.UUCP (Bob Crane) writes: >Did it ever occur to anyone that you can make a first time >flyer REAL NERVOUS by reading the airplane checklist? >... A technique that I used on a charter flight in an Aztec (I wouldn't have done this had I not known the passengers): Passengers and baggage loaded into a Piper Aztec, my copilot and I climb into the front seats. We fasten up and instruct the passengers as required by the Regs. As I scan the panel I say to the copilot, "Jim, hand me the airplane manual out of the glove compartment there, and let's see if we can figure out how to start this thing." TJ (with Amazing Grace) The Piper (aka Ted Jardine) CFI-ASME-I Boeing Artificial Intelligence Center ...uw-beaver!uw-june!bcsaic!ted