Give the guy a break!! Yes we all do big hrs , 10hr flying days and 17hr on duty etc. He was going for his Private and that is stressfull and 2hrs on ground would make me bloody tired to!!
I admit that I was a little hard on him, shoulda seen what I first wrote and changed.... He is still going strong....hopefully he keeps going....ya gotta have THICK skin to keep going and make it in this business, especially fire which he wants to do.... I don't want a pilot who gives up too easily.
The break comes when he sends me a resume in 4 or 5 years and tells me he is still in the game....That is when I give him the break and may hire him.