Sorry, I don’t mean to highjack your topic, but it got me thinking about why we like to fly.
For me there is immense satisfaction in flying an aircraft well in an environment that potentially always has something new to throw at us. Of course this is very much a hands on thing. If I am P2 I still get almost as much enjoyment watching the scenery pass by. Finally because I use the aircraft for business as well I get some satisfaction from how much more relaxing a journey is by air compared with sitting down there in the traffic! So how does that work for passengers. Well, I reckon if possible stay low and encourage them to recognise landmarks and other sites of interest and let them do some map reading, even if you know perfectly well where you are! If you are sufficiently confident let them have a go on the controls - that will keep them involved. Finally point out that they could be sitting in a traffic jam down there. Whatever, I think with wives and partners the trick must be to take them somewhere worthwhile if they don’t enjoy flying for its own sake.