Read through a few threads about students having problems with motion sickness but I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with pilots with hundreds of hours having motion sickness? I am finishing up my CFI rating and have noticed that when in the right seat (especially if someone else is flying) I am getting sick. I never had any problems during my private or instrument rating. I would really like to finish my CFI but getting sick with a student concerns me. I fly king airs on the side and have never had a problem in clouds or turbulence. Any other pilots ever experience this or have any advice on how to deal with it? I’ve tried Dramamine but it makes me very tired. Thank you

How sick are you getting? Minor queesiness, passive airsickness or active airsickness?

Lay off the meds, booze less before you fly, hydrate more, eat right, eat a snack before walking to the plane, shut the window so you're not breathing in exhaust, ghost the controls and take a few moments to fly the plane yourself when you're starting to feel passively airsick.

Depends, on a smooth day I can usually deal with it. On a bumpy day sometimes I have to cut the flight short and head back to the airport.This usually occurs when doing Lazy eights, eights on pylons, or any commercial manuver. I work out a lot, don't drink so I don't know what the problem is.

Try ginger pills. Take a couple before your brief each time you fly. Passive airsickness can be intensified by poor student technique; uncoordinated flight, etc. so it makes sense that sitting in the right seat while someone simulates student technique would be the first scenario you've experienced that induces airsickness.

The Air Force also uses the Barany Chair to help cure airsickness; I don't know if it is available to civilians. It basically makes you so ungodly motion sick that once you've experienced it nothing you experience in an aircraft will be enough to make you sick.


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Are you looking ahead most of the time? (not 90 degrees at the student, not down, not at random place, but most of the time straight in front)

That happened to me a while back when I started training, I used 1 or 2 ginger root pills before jumping in the plane and that actually worked without any side effects at all. I stopped taking it after like the 3rd flight

See if you can try behind the ear patches. You can also use those wrist pressure point bands; they work for my wife to some degree.

shixt happens ... usually transient ... can go away for years then return. When i was aboard USS America with Air Wing 11 we always had on seasoned pilot down for airsickness.