Don't really care. I prefer to have the door on the right side. Flying
Cessna give me a touch of vertigo. Maybe its psychological. I do not like
having a door on my side and I feel a whole lot more comfortable with the
door so far away.

I thought it might be something to do with high wing vs. low wing and the
relative perspective of the ground from the pilots seat looking down. Since
I began flying a PA22 I know its is not that. Its down to the door and the
security of a "solid" surface on my left.

To me its the same feeling as when I went to the CAN Tower in Toronto.
Outside in the fresh air was not easy, but stepping on the glass floor was
no problem.

Dave
"Roger Tracy" wrote in message
...
Because the captain should go down with the ship. So... gotta
get the passengers off first.


"Nathan Young" wrote in message
om...
First off, this isn't a post to argue the merits of one-door vs.
two-doors, so if you want to do that, start your own thread...

Why does Piper put the door of the plane on the passenger side? I
cannot think of one good reason. Would like to hear the group's
opinions.

OTOH, I can think of several reasons it would be better to have the
single door on the pilots side:
1. Most flights are solo, so with the door on the pilots side, no
need to constantly climb across the passenger seat.
2. On that same point, I like to keep my charts and headsets on the
passenger seat. Again, I have to crawl over them each flight to get
to the pilots seat.
3. It would be nice to allow passengers to board before the pilot
enters.
4. Again most flights are solo, it seems that egress in the event of
an emergency would be easier with the door on the pilots side.

-Nathan