XXX – That would be the most myopic post I have seen on this site.
Think – 19 years old; the 21st century bureaucracies; IFR through dozens of countries with all their vagaries; paying for it himself etc. etc.
I think his workload would be far more onerous than the risk taking pioneers.
What he is doing is proving that there are still young people game enough to test and prove themselves at a level very few would even contemplate.
I congratulate him just for having a go. If he achieves his goal he should be considered for recognition as “young Australian of the Year”