j3pipercub,
Firstly, this is aviation and the nature of this industry is that everyone (pilots or otherwise) passes judgement on your skills....from your first flight to your last....might as well get used to it now!
Secondly, I did make reference to the fact that not knowing the person, I cannot make judgement on his skills. I merely pointed out the fact that risk exists and wished to do nothing more than to plant the seed of though on the issue in the mind of Bugsmashergirl...
Returning to beneath my rock now...
