My girlfriend and I booked a group flight around the Island.
I have flying experience and when we arrived and it was time to go out to the plane, we were surprised to get a private flight for two on their Cessna 182T, instead of the group flight we booked on the ten seater. Observing the other passengers, half of them were overweight, and I suspect behind the scenes they arranged for us two to have our own plane because the other plane was too heavy to take-offf with their excessive weight! It was a real treat because the private flight should have been more like $700 instead of the $300 we paid for a one hour flight,
Our pilots name was Bud, I think? He was a young guy, with only a few years flying experience. I think I soloed before he was even born? He was building hours and hoping to get hired by Hawaiian Airmon the Airbus 320Neo. I wish him the best of luck because 20 years ago that was my plan to for their lines. Plans changed though.
It was an amazing flight. Haven’t flown in a small Cessna for over twenty years. It was great to get back in the air in a small GA plane.