Taking Pax on Training Flights

[Jedi_Cheese]

This has been beaten to death in regards to student pilots, but I am wondering about post PVT pilots?

I would like to kill three birds with one stone:
1) The FBO requires me to fly with them every 90 days (with or without an instructor)
2) I also like to give friends/family a ride along when I fly (if possible)
3) Lastly, I am only an hour away from a Piper Dakota checkout (I have done the maneuvers part of the checkout, but I need an extra hour in type to meet the insurance mins)

I am thinking about asking my CFI out at the airport if he would be willing to take 2 pax with us when I finish the Dakota checkout. Would this be unadvisable for some reason?

PS: I will obviously clear this with the CFI before the day of the flight

 

[milehigh6080]

I personally think it would be very advisable. You're much more likely to carry fill the seats in a plane like a Dakota after you get the checkout- so why not experience it's fully loaded characteristics when you're under an instructor's supervision. Personally, when I'm checking a student out in a larger plane I prefer to the seats to be filled so that the renter can really get a feel for how the larger plane flies at gross weight or close to it. I figure it's better they figure that out with my help rather than experimenting on their own.

-Milehigh

 

[JetBlast2000]

If it's just an hour of flying around with some minor instruction on touch and go's. If the CFI and your pax don't mind, should not be an issue. It might also give you a chance to see how the a/c flies closer to MTOW and a real pax brief. Use it to your advantage and focus on some other piloting skills.
JB2k