What do you see in a student before you let him/her go solo?
Thats the question.
Im a student and thought this might be interesting. I have posted a poll on the private flying forum, regarding how many hours students tooks before going solo. Much to my suprise, some took as low as 6 or even lower without any previous flying experience.
How can this be? It takes a atleast 6 hours (or more) just covering the basic flying menouvres let alone practice circuits and getting the landings right.
So what do you look in a student before you let him/her for first solo? Do you send the student off just when s/he is capable of getting the plane down in one piece, or not untill the student becomes a top-notch circuit pilot?
Looking forward to some detailed responses from the Instructors here.
Thanks very much.
Pilot16