What could motivate an instructor to send his young charge off into the wilderness whilst commenting on the visible CBs? They are not getting paid for the solo flight. They do stand to loose their job and be prosecuted if you end up dead. Just like happened to a FI in PIK whose idiot student killed himself by not following the solo rules. A prosecution followed. I doubt there is an FI in the land unaware of that development.
Given that context the scenario as thinly described is not credible.
Having been a student pilot then an instructor and having taught under the auspices of a military school, a small private cheap school and a big corporate commercial school I understand that there are both poor students and poor teachers out there. For every story there are usually two sides.
A lot of people who engage on flight training end up having an overall bad experience. Probably the majority. Certainly most PPL's have lapsed after 5 years and only a small minority go on to any higher level or pursue anything more than a tootal around the local area. Whirlybird being a glorious exceptiont to the rule.
I make no apologies for my posting style. I kick up a whole heck of fuss on many threads with the intent of illustrating a wider point or putting some life back into a debate. Its nothing personal Phoenix and I wish you the best of luck with your future flying.
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