'Course, he was also a ham and we were flying in a sailplane that had
a couple of light bulbs for electronics. [g] The only way to fly.

Well, if one of the light bulbs goes out, they'll blame it on the nearest
ham

Seems pretty safe, but I still wouldn't do it without permission.

I'm like that when I drive.
I'm in the left seat, it's my car and my ass, and I make the decisions.
I have actually had a passenger throw a fit because I wouldn't make a left
turn that I wasn't convinced was safe, in the 1-2 seconds I had to look at
it when the passenger hollered "turn left here". He got to walk home.