"Jack" wrote in message
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Gary Drescher wrote:

The passenger was manipulating the controls, yes. But that in no way
places any navigational responsibility on him--especially since his
cross-country training hadn't even begun yet.

Thirty hours and no x-c training? Will this guy live long enough to get
his ticket at this rate?

I did my first x-c training at 26 hours, and my first x-c solo at 47 hours
(that's close to the average around here). Start to finish, my private-pilot
training took four months (flying 3 times a week), so life expectancy
doesn't appear to be an issue.

--Gary