DBrown
Well-Known Member
I inherited a certificated sport pilot, older gentleman who bought a factory new plane and wanted me to ferry it with him giving him dual on the way home, I said ok, after 5 minutes of flying the way home he pulled out a 1 gal ziplock and started puking,(it was occasional light chop) he didn't want to stop so I flew and listened (and smelled) someone puke and heave for 5 hrs,
One stop for fuel and shortly after departing he decided to grab another Baggie out of his bigger bag and the whole time resting the bigger bag on the stick, where the electric trim is at, before I knew it it was full nose up trim and the breaker popped, it wouldn't reset either, I turned around landed with a forward stick flare and reset the breaker, a couple more hours of puking and we made it back,
I refused to sign him off for the ride because I flew the whole way,
Came back to complete the checkout and on landing three (the first two were fine) he levels off 10 ft over the runway power idle and yanked back so hard we almost went vertical. We stall, tailed in and bent his brand new plane.
Since this happened I learned that he looked outside of his home airport for a CFI because everyone there is scared of him, they think he might be suicidal or something because he has bent 2 other planes during his training And he keeps doing erratic stuff.
I called the FSDO and they said just don't teach him if your not comfortable.
I hate to give up a client especially one that pays extremely well, but no amount is worth letting him kill us.
told him that I'm not interested in flying with him anymore
What's your student nightmare story?
One stop for fuel and shortly after departing he decided to grab another Baggie out of his bigger bag and the whole time resting the bigger bag on the stick, where the electric trim is at, before I knew it it was full nose up trim and the breaker popped, it wouldn't reset either, I turned around landed with a forward stick flare and reset the breaker, a couple more hours of puking and we made it back,
I refused to sign him off for the ride because I flew the whole way,
Came back to complete the checkout and on landing three (the first two were fine) he levels off 10 ft over the runway power idle and yanked back so hard we almost went vertical. We stall, tailed in and bent his brand new plane.
Since this happened I learned that he looked outside of his home airport for a CFI because everyone there is scared of him, they think he might be suicidal or something because he has bent 2 other planes during his training And he keeps doing erratic stuff.
I called the FSDO and they said just don't teach him if your not comfortable.
I hate to give up a client especially one that pays extremely well, but no amount is worth letting him kill us.
told him that I'm not interested in flying with him anymore
What's your student nightmare story?