Half baked boy, yes we are all entitled to opinions, some of us can debate their thoughts with rational statements. How can it be safer to swop seats in flight than land to change pilots in a PA28?
Equally how can you argue that a landing is anything other than another phase of a planned flight.
Equally I have heard from someone who was present at the pre flight briefing that the instructor cut the briefing short because he thought it was "boring"...... The planned flight was to go to another airfield to do the changeover of students (one flying to the destination, the other flying back) For some reason the instructor decided to do the change over in flight.
The PA28 is a small four seater, any turbulance can have a marked effect, equally any problem with the aircraft during the changeover could have had life threatening consequences, how about the risk of accidentally kicking something whilst accidentally climbing over. It is a manageable risk and in my opinion one not worth taking.
Last edited by goldeneaglepilot; 9th Jun 2012 at 10:36.