Have to agree that taking pax is one of the greatest things about being a pilot!
I think there are two types of pax, both fun to fly with for completely different reasons. A lot of my friends are interested in the mechanics of flying, and want to know what the controls do, how they work, what all these buttons and dials are for, how the VOR works, etc, etc, etc. Which gives me a great chance to show off how much I know - until the inevitable question comes which I don't know the answer to!
But I actually prefer the other type - the type who's quite happy to simply stare out of the window in amazement. After a couple of years of doing this flying thing, it can become almost ordinary, and sometimes it takes a first-time pax to remind us how priveleged we are to be able to admire the view from such a unique position. I had one of that type of pax fly with me recently - a normally chatty girl who spent the whole flight in complete silence except to occasionally talk about the things she was seeing on the ground. One of the best flights I've had in the past 12 months or so, just because of her reaction.
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