A very experienced Gliding Instructor decided he would do one of the trial lessons that day - the rest of us hung around within earshot to hear his briefing and learn what we could.
X (no names, no pack drill) was very good at judging how relaxed his students were - the customer on that day wasn't in the slightest bit worried.
After going through the bail out / parachute briefing X continues:
"
... and should it happen we are too low to bail out, and it is obvious we are going to crash really badly, I would like you to undo your harness, lower your trousers, turn around and sit on the stick".
Dead silence - everyone is trying to work out what will follow. After a dramatic pause X carries on:
"
It won't do you any good at all - but it will really give the chap from the AAIB something to think about."
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