On Mar 7, 6:39 pm, Jim wrote:
RomeoMike wrote:

RomeoMike wrote:

Robert M. Gary wrote:

Surprising that the FBO rented the plane to a student pilot with his
daughter.

-Robert

The Associated Press account I read stated that he had a PPL as of
last fall.

AP probably wrong. The FAA Registry lists three people with names
similar to this guy in Indiana. One of the three was issued a student
certificate 11/06. This is probably the one. The other two don't fit.

This happened at my home airport The guy only had 1 supervised solo

He was able to get the plane because he hid the girl and the FBO thought
he was waiting for the Instructor to show up for a lesson. Which he
did show up for a lesson but for another student he was already airborne

It has been customary for the student to get the keys and preflight the
plane before the Instructor shows up to save time- Hide quoted text -

Its almost a requirement. You want your student to take his time with
his preflight. I've had students spend 30 minute doing preflight. I
don't want/need to stand a guard every student for 30 minutes watching
him preflight before every flight.

-Robert