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On the long, dual cross country the first leg was pretty much more training. The second leg was more on their own with at some point me suddenly announcing there's a storm ahead or make some other excuse to divert. From the diversion point to the original, second landing, they were left alone. But the third leg I went from being flight instructor to the "pain in the ass passenger", constantly talking, asking questions, messing with things on the panel, about anything to distract them from their first job, to fly the airplane. Only once did a student get wise and hit the intercom isolate switch. I was proud of him!
It's sad the instructor in this story lost their life. It's just as sad they were so diverted in their attention to not pay attention to their student. Looking at something as an intentional distraction as I've done is one thing. Interacting with a third party other than ATC but rather using Facetime... damn stupid! You cannot watch your student if you're actually interacting with another person who intentionally distracts you. Had he survived, this instructor's ticket should have been pulled.
While there's yet to be any proof shown this instructor was actually on their device using Facetime, it would not surprise me.