There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots right?
Baboon boy is recently qualified and is full of the joys of flying, and is enthusiastic about wealth of fantastic possibilities that are opened up by his "shiny new licence."
He also recognises his inexperience and the dangers of aviation.
Max contingency, the posts to which you refer result merely from idle musings aimed at satisfying his inquisitive mind, rather than a desire to "bite off more than he can chew" too early.
Aviation does need characters however do not think that the "crazy" nature of such people necessarily implies a haphazzard attitude and a lack of common sense.
Look at Murdoch off the A Team, clinically insane but arguably the greatest and safest pilot in history!