I apologise to those who know him if I seem harsh, but he should not be in the air on his own.
ReHeat
That is harsh ! I am sure there are not many of us who can look back and havent at some time done something totally stupid which we got away with?
The difference is that he didnt get away with it. That makes his story fodder for us armchair /bar room pilots in this forum to disect and devour and judge in our leaisure and the comfort of our homes.
He is a low time, inexperienced pilot with more enthusiasm than ability and knowledge and that has got him into a mess.
Inadvertantly he proabably did the right thing stalling into the trees rather than hitting them at high speed.
It will be a hard lesson for him (I hope) and one that he will learn from. Banning him? No. Take that route and principal and there are probably loads of us who should have been banned at one time or another.
Pace