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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by eru on Thursday May 12, 2022 @12:21AM (#31349243)
> TBH I'm surprised the various Aviation Authorities have not mandated some sort of TLDR emergency/safety guide for small planes and their passengers, unless of course they dont really care if one drops out of the sky killing everyone!?!

Having an untrained passenger is no worse than flying solo. The latter is clearly allowed, and should probably stay allowed?

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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by eternityforest on Thursday May 12, 2022 @04:07AM (#31350664)
Banning solo flight would make a lot of people unhappy. Having a passenger emergency checklist and explaining where the radio is doesn't sound like an undue burden if it actually makes a difference.

It would be an opportunistic thing that only applies when it's near zero cost.

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