I had just recently passed my PPL when I first met an older gentleman who had only started his training. I had just got out of the helicopter when I was met by the instructor and this new, old student and I, rather helpfully and wanting to show off my new skills, said I would help him with the checks and get him ready until the instructor had nipped to the loo. We run through the checks with me explaining how important it is to check all of the nuts and bolts and oils, etc. We climbed in and I told him that I would do the R/T for him as sometimes you get a bit tongue tied when your new to this sort of thing. (the more I think about this the more condescending I sounded!)
I jumped out as the instructor arrived and told him of my helpfullness and that I thought the old chap seemed very comfortable sitting in the cockpit. '' He should'' he replied, ''he's an ex British Airways training Captain''