Originally Posted by
hargreaves99
I agree that solo builds confidence and maybe there is a place for solo circuits pre-PPL test, but letting a student blast off on cross country flights through controlled airspace, and then the instructor getting in the sh*t with the CAA if the student messes up just doesn't seem right.
Well, on those solo flights, I was only allowed to go to places I'd already been to with my instructor, so there was far less a risk of "messing up".