You may just want to ask her (in a no-pressure kinda way) if she was afraid
to take the controls, or if she just had no interest... Perhaps she will be
honest with you now that you guys are on the ground... And either you'll get
it, or you'll be able to explain to her why "it's OK" for her to take the
controls next time.

In retrospect, I think part of the problem was that she couldn't see
over the dashboard. Her seat was way back, and the passenger seat is
not height-adjustable like the pilot's seat.

This isn't isn't something I'm going to lose any sleep over, but I
think if we can get more people like her interested in flying (I.E.:
Willing and happy to fly in a light plane, but not willing or eager to
take the controls) GA will stand a much better chance of survival.

Further, it would be excellent to grow the women's pilot population,
which still inexplicably stands at just 6% of all pilots. THAT is
where we have a real opportunity to grow GA.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"