Originally Posted by
wizepilot
I remember many moons ago, was out over the ocean in the back seat as an extra set of eyes in a PA30. The instructor killed the left engine, student instructed to do a complete shutdown. Everything was fine until he killed the mags on the running engine. I told the instructor I could not swim, and I didn't want to be shark food. The instructor practically pushed the student out the side wall lunging for the mag switches (left sidewall).
I've seen that before (on the ground, thankfully). When it comes to big items like that, I have the student call out the action, pause, then push the button/switch.
All of my students have done multiple full shutdown and relight sequences. I'd also have them do some gentle manoeuvring to show that the plane is still completely controllable with one engine feathered.