Malcolm Teas ) wrote:

I've got a minority opinion here. I've read the article, and was glad
to read it, and glad for Rick and his daughter. I can see his
justifiable pride coming through the words. But, I'm also glad I'm
learning to fly as a 40-mumble-something year old and not as a
teenager. I'm pretty sure (based on some of the stunts I thought
reasonable back then) that I wouldn't have had the maturity to make
consistently good safety decisions. Note that people vary wildly and
my limitations may not apply to others.

I'm with you. I originally started lessons about fourteen years ago, when
I was 24. Perhaps it was being single, without children, a slightly
immortal outlook, or maybe even the quality of flight instruction, but I
know I did not mentally approach each flight then as I do now (PPL as of
6/02).

--
Peter