10 points bookofjoe 2 days ago 7 comments
bookofjoe 2 days ago | parent
gedy 1 hour ago | parent
My son is working on his private license. Teens are quite capable to rise to the challenge.
phreeza 1 hour ago | parent
Growing up in Germany I flew gliders at 13, first solo at 14 or 15 I think. Didn't think much of it and neither did my friends. We also drove cars around the airfield.
metalman 1 hour ago | parent
money and plenty of it bieng spent as literal tickets into another more privilaged world, and if they make the cut, then money well spent, as it takes real focus.
The drop out rate after getting a ppl is huge though, as funding a private aircraft is real money for most people all the way up, and managing the minimum time required is another significant hurdle.
Kind of like horses, all in, or everything else.
dachworker 49 minutes ago | parent
To be honest I don't want a teen flying me around.
The Florida lady pilot did nothing wrong per se in terms of piloting, but if she was a bit older she might have had the sense or the guts to stand up to the other pilot and the passengers and refuse to fly a route that would take them so close to multiple storms.
lnsru 34 minutes ago | parent
The age doesn’t matter. Older captain of the ship left the port during storm, ships collided: https://www.bairdmaritime.com/amp/story/passenger/cruise/mei... The problem is that the commercial operators must perform on schedule and storms ignore that schedule. And bean counters do not have left any reserve hours. Machinery can’t stand still! It must generate profit.
pmontra 16 minutes ago | parent
Max Verstappen almost completed his first Formula 1 season without a license to drive on open roads. Antonelli, the new World Champion, got his license a few weeks before his debut in 2025.