"Casey Wilson" wrote in message ...

In the first case perhaps he would have eventually gotten it together --
I didn't think so. My first action was to tell the pilot he was drifting way
to the right of centerline after he executed a missed. When he did nothing
to correct, I got the feeling he was very disoriented and assumed control.
When he took the hood off moments later he looked flustered.

Tlhe safety pilot's regulatory job is to not back up deficient pilots in case
they can't hold it together under the hood. They are mandated to be there
to provide the see-and-avoid vigilance. If you want to play flight instructor
by providing other services to the pilot, you'll have to work that out with them
but it's immaterial to what we were talking about here.