2 pilot/small airplane CRM

Stan Prevost wrote:

"Mitty" wrote in message
...

Can anyone point me to web or print resources with discussion of how to
best utilize two pilots in small airplanes? Who does what, etc. I have
found lots of airline-level material but really nothing that relates to
flying light singles. Or maybe someone who regularly flies with a pilot
spouse? How do you split the workload?


I fly with a nonpilot spouse who shares my workload. She has a copy of the
checklists, and some items are her responsibility. In preflight, she checks
switches etc. on her side (all identified on the checklist), verifies vacuum
at runup, watches me to make sure I don't miss things, issues certain
reminders at various planned times. After takeoff, she calls altitudes at
which I have actions to take (typically 400AGL and 1000 AGL), watches my

What do you do at 400 AGL? I'm curious as I don't do anything until
1000 (fuel pump off, power set to climb, etc.).


Matt