Originally written in 2018
This was during a joy flight at MAF Mareeba, where I somehow ended up sitting in the co-pilot’s seat.
I was already feeling rather important with my headset on when the pilot asked if I wanted to take over and fly the plane.
Very tempting.
But I thought honesty was probably important in aviation, so I told him about my previous experience in the flight simulator.
I had crashed twice.
The worrying part was that I didn’t even know I had crashed.
The simulator instructor had to tell me that approximately three minutes after take-off, I had already brought the aircraft to an unfortunate end. 
So after sharing this useful piece of information with the real pilot, I asked:
“Do you still want me to fly the plane?”
He didn’t reply.
Perhaps that was my answer.
Still, I got to sit in the co-pilot’s seat, enjoy the flight and briefly imagine myself having a promising career in aviation.
Very briefly.
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