I guess I forgot what a great time it can be! I did not touch the controls, and just sat over there in the right seat for 90 minutes, but still had fun. I wonder if instructing is this cool?
Anyway, instead of the previously planned hop in and go, we sat at a table for 30 minutes and discussed what his weak areas were, what he wanted to cover, what each of us expected, some legalities, transfer of controls etc. He has ~10hrs and his CFii is my old one so it worked well with me reinforcing what our instructor had taught. I did some vectoring to warm him up (with me clearing each way beforehand) and then some vor intercept and tracking. Then into a published hold. Winds aloft were a brisk 40 kts across the legs so the crab angle was pretty wild. I tried my best to hold back on comments etc because I believe that if we are not really far astray, a student learns more from 'doing'. And I think the exercises proved this out.
More vectoring and a hold which I dreamed up on the fly involving a non-direct entry. Found a couple weak spots here.... drawing simple diagrams while airborne (we debriefed this later).... then, when cleared direct - need to dial it in and make it happen, not chase a pegged needle!
Then I talked him through an approach, because the procedures had not been burned in yet. He enjoyed that I think, and it helped him realize what lay ahead. I did take a moment to emphasize that mda is an inviolable floor, I don't think its ever too early for that.
I commended his smooth handling of the airplane (I hate abrupt maneuvers) and coolness (I think we need to avoid emotional responses on the yoke), and
during the debrief we also covered the Thinking Ahead Game.
Then I debriefed with his instructor by phone!