Originally Posted by Big Pistons Forever
I had a bad experience with a check out early in my instructor career. A guy bought a tailwheel aircraft and wanted a check out on the machine. He said he had lots of tailwheel time on type but no recent experience. so the insurance company wanted a checkout. A landing was going bad and so I said "I have control" the aircraft owner responded with "No No I have got it !" and starting fighting my control inputs. We were very fortunate that the aircraft remained on the runway.
After that I vowed that there would be absolute clarity on who did what on these kinds of flights.
This reminds me of a humourous version of this sad tale. Two of the clubs instructors were flying a SuperCub in the local circuit. After a rather bumpy landing the one in the back said, "that landing was a bit rough," to which the guy in front replied, "I thought you were flying!"