Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Very Young Children in AERC Riding

> I live only 30 miles from the town and airport from where Jessica first
took
> off and 25 miles from her home.  She had as companions her flying
instructor
> and her father.  I believe it is recognized that the flight instructor,
who
> should have known better, urged or otherwise authorized Jessica to take
off
> into the teeth of an oncoming Wyoming storm.  Rather than blame the 7-year
> old girl for the disaster, perhaps blame would be better directed at the
man
> who was supposed to be knowledgeable enough to be a flight instructor.
>
> Barbara
>
Barbara, at the time I lived one town over.  A few other facts are that the
plane
was overloaded with hats and souviners, since this little girl was trying to
set a
record and was handing them out across country. My response to this, and
Val, also, is that
even if a 7 year old has completed rigorous flight training, does she have
the years,
life experiences and knowledge of physics; i.e. winds, etc. to make
emergency decisions.
Perhaps if she was older and know knowledgeable, she could have OVERRIDDEN
the
advice of the flying instructor.  If she was just doing as told, she then
had no business doing
this.
Karen


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