Would the outcome be any different if he flew those tracks by chance, inbound from the training area?
He wasn't flying under the Instrument Flight Rules or performing any task that required an instrument rating. He was really performing an exercise in NDB or VOR orientation by flying a published pattern.
When you have to be really careful is if the stude is a risk-taker, the kind that is really picking your brains on IF approaches so he can go and do them illicitly and be a clever dick.
Had one of those once, he still regularly appears in ESIRS
