Originally Posted by
slim_slag
If he felt confident then yes I would let him, if he didn't then I'd advise him to practice some more before he went. It's a good analogy. Anyway, there was an instructor on board. Would you stop everybody driving downtown just because your kid crashed down there? What if it was a driving instructor who crashed, would you stop people driving downtown?
Of course the analogy is not complete, I would let him drive downtown if I feeel comfortable with his driving skills (he is 19 months now so not quite there yet - though he can say "auto" now...). However, the NYT reports that although the instructor was skilled he only flew once before in the discussed airspace (you may need to register for free at NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/ny...IRuG7O1Q7tTEQ).I like the above mentioned idea of the "one way airspace" though the pilots among us have to decide if that is practical.
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