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Funny, I've flown many Young Eagle flights and haven't been prosecuted
yet. I guess this must have happened only on the other 1,499,980 flights
that I wasn't part of...



I trust I’ve been sufficiently clear not to leave much wiggle room for
misunderstanding. You have to work at that. What you (and the 1.49M others) do
is praiseworthy and necessary, and is certainly not going to draw anything but
adulation from me. However it also puts you in a good position to corroborate
that there is a growing culture of suspicion and a waning culture of passion
surrounding aviation. If your young eagles do not express it to you, their
parents do. Statistics prove it very strongly. I commend you sincerely for
taking deserved pride in this activity, but certainly this has not divorced
you from the rather stark reality.