I have actually decided I can't bear passengers full stop. Passengers who can fly sit there mentally criticising everything you do and non-flying passengers sit there asking a string of annoying questions!
More seriously though, I did have one passenger who I nearly had to smack in the chops.
He was 9 years old and his daddy was a client of mine. I promised to take him flying which I duly did. He asked if he could have a go and I agreed once I had explained what effects the movement of the stick had. He nodded as I explained (clearly not taking it in).
I told him he had control and he pulled back on the stick so hard that I'm surprised the elevator didn't fall off. I took control and politely bollocked him. Once things had calmed down he took control again and did averagely for 10 minutes as I kept a lookout.
On the return to the strip I told him it was time for me to take control and he woldn't let me!!! He absolutely refused to let go of the stick exclaiming that he could land it as daddy had flight sim and he'd had loads of goes and never crashed yet! (as if that was supposed to fill me with confidence).
I expalined there was no way on God's earth that he would be landing the plane and that if he didnt let go of the stick I would have to tell his Dad that he had misbehaved. This didn't work. I told him that i'd have to make him sit in the back but his retort was "just you try". I told him that there was nothing else I could do than to call a MayDay and say that I had been hijacked!! (by a 9 year old)!!
He just stared ahead gripping the stick with both hands and screaming at me every time I tried to prise his hands off it.
The only thing I could do to get him to stop was to say, "Well that's it then. I'll be off, good luck".
He looked at me strangely and said "wadya mean". I replied "Well I don't carry 2 parachutes and if you're landing this then I reckon I'm safer taking the parachute" as I went for the door handle.
He let go, started crying, and grabbed my arm within a split second!
We landed within 5 minutes and his father wanted to know what the tears were for when his son jumped out. The boy replied "I really hate him Daddy, he's horrid"........................
What would you have done? This boy was obsessed.
Moral of the story.........make sure you know the kid you're taking flying. There are some pretty horrible ones out there!!