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Passenger Briefing for Young Eagles Flights

Hi everyone! My name is Dav1d, and I'm a pilot! Please pay attention to these few simple rules so that we have a safe and enjoyable flight today.

My pilot training has included normal, emergency, and aerobatic flight techniques.

We won't be doing any aerobatics today, and I'd like to avoid any emergency manouevers as well. However, if an emergency does arise, and I ask you to do something, please just do it. We can discuss it in detail once we land on the ground.

Today's flight will be {details of the flight}. The flight should last about 20 minutes.

Here's the safety information you will need to know:

• There is only one door for entering and leaving this airplane. You just came through it.

• I do not carry parachutes. In an emergency, I will bring this aircraft down safely.

• I do carry PFD's (Personal Floatation Devices), but we won't be using them today.

• There is one fire extinguisher, attached to the bottom of the right-front seat.

• There are First Aid kits and other supplies in the back. We won't need them either.

• You must have your seatbelts fastened at all times.

We all have headsets, so we can talk and hear each other. However, there are times when I need to communicate with someone outside of this aircraft, such as another aircraft or a control tower. At those times, you must be quiet. You'll know when it's my turn to talk by watching for any one of these three signs:

1. If I ask you to be quiet so I can talk

2. If I raise my right hand

3. If you hear someone say our callsign {say the callsign}, or just the letters of the callsign. All aviation transmissions begin with the called party, and then the calling party. So, if a Control Tower is calling us, they will begin by saying "{callsign}, this is {name of airport} Tower". Always listen to the first few words of every transmission to hear if they are calling us.

At those times, you must be quiet. Do not talk until I let you know that you can talk again. This is extremely important.

Otherwise, you can talk to each other, or me. I might ask you some questions, and I will probably point out buildings and other objects on the ground.

I do carry airsickness bags, however, in over 15 years of flying, and having taken hundreds of people flying, almost no-one has needed them!

If you have any questions, you can ask them now, or during the flight.

I hope you enjoy the flight!