Recently, George Patterson posted:

Guillermo wrote:

If I had done that, and had gotten only a one year
suspension, I'd be more than willing to accept that and be very
happy about it.

I'm with you. In fact, if I ever screwed up that badly, I would give
some serious thought to just hanging it up.

Even after they send you the bill for fueling the 2 F-16s, Citation, and
Blackhawk? ;-)

About the student pilot, I don't really know how he didn't think
about that either. 30 hours is not that little.

Maybe. We don't know the circumstances of his training or how far
along he got. Due to problems getting a medical certificate, I didn't
even solo until I had over 40, and he may be in the same boat. Last
time I heard, the average number of hours to get a PPC was over 70.
It's quite possible that he knew nothing about Xcountry flight
planning and just followed along with the planning that Schaeffer was
doing.

Hmm. Doesn't one have to know *something* about x/c planning to pass the
PPC written? Granted, there may be little or no practical experience by 30
hrs., but I'm getting the impression that my training was far too
rigorous!!! ;-)

Neil