Sorry Chilli I must disagree with you
Flower, aviator84 - first solo is a confidence booster, It's worked in the past, it'll work in the future and has no bearing in this accident (I went solo in less than 3, licence in 20 - didn't do me any harm).
It isn't a confidence booster to many, they can feel quite concerned they have not gone solo at some ridiculously short point in time.
Far better to give someone the experience to deal with situations where they really gain in confidence. I would suggest the young boys lack of experience the inability to question instructions the lack of understanding what back track means all lead me to think of someone feeling pushed into a first solo scenario. How many times on this and other aviation boards have we seen predominately young boys saying I must do my first solo on my 16th birthday, all a load of tosh. The milestone should be passing their skills test not going up for an ill prepared solo .