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"Tom" == Tom writes:
Tom I would never
Tom let my grandchildren into a light plane with a stranger under
Tom any circumstances.

I'm not disagreeing with your personal statement and decision; but
sometimes the greatest risk is to take no risk at all.

"Tom" wrote in message
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[...]
I have been an active pilot and airplane owner for over 43 years, suffice
it to say I have seen it all. I would never let my grandchildren into a
light plane with a stranger under any circumstances.

Under *any* circumstances? I guess they won't be taking flying lessons
then, huh.

I agree it's wise to be restrictive about which pilot one flies with, or
one's family flies with. But then, that's true of automobiles as well.
It's true of a lot of things.

I don't see it as an indictment of GA. It's just a representation of how
the world is. Unfortunately, some other people do see it as an
indictment...without recognizing the complete irrationality of their
attitude.

Pete

Montblack wrote:

I've seen maybe 40 Young Eagles take to the air at ANE (Anoka County -
Blaine, MN). All planes went up with one pilot, one kid.

and on my flights, I typically carried three, sometimes two.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

George Patterson wrote:

Montblack wrote:

I've seen maybe 40 Young Eagles take to the air at ANE (Anoka County -
Blaine, MN). All planes went up with one pilot, one kid.


and on my flights, I typically carried three, sometimes two.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your
neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

I prefer to take one or two at a time, however I've had as many as 4 at
a time (I have 7 seats). Never once heard a complaint, and roughly a
third of the kids didn't want sit in the front when offered a choice.

I usually do 3 at a time.

Montblack wrote:

AvWeb October 20th
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#190814
YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHTS CONTINUE AFTER FATALITIES...

"With 500,000 flights and 1.2 million kids safely flown as Young Eagles,
we think our safety procedures are pretty sound,"


That's more than 2 kids per flight.
A. That sucks if you're the kid stuck in back.
B. That number doesn't seem right.

If 200,000 flights have one kid, that leaves 300,000 flights for the
remaining 1 million kids.

I've seen maybe 40 Young Eagles take to the air at ANE (Anoka County -
Blaine, MN). All planes went up with one pilot, one kid.


Montblack

Most of the young eagles flights I've seen around here have two or three
kids in the airplane.

Matt

Montblack wrote:
AvWeb October 20th
]
That's more than 2 kids per flight.
A. That sucks if you're the kid stuck in back.
B. That number doesn't seem right.

I carry three usually. I put the oldest up front. I've not heard
any complaints yet.

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
AvWeb October 20th
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#190814
YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHTS CONTINUE AFTER FATALITIES...

"With 500,000 flights and 1.2 million kids safely flown as Young Eagles,
we think our safety procedures are pretty sound,"

That's more than 2 kids per flight.
A. That sucks if you're the kid stuck in back.
B. That number doesn't seem right.

If 200,000 flights have one kid, that leaves 300,000 flights for the
remaining 1 million kids.

I've seen maybe 40 Young Eagles take to the air at ANE (Anoka County -
Blaine, MN). All planes went up with one pilot, one kid.

You haven't mentioned any reason to think the flights at ANE are
representative of the YE flights nationwide.

--Gary

I fly 3 per flight

A. That sucks if you're the kid stuck in back.

It sucks a lot more if you're the kid on the ground who can't get a
flight. We routinely fly over 100 kids per YE day with 5 or 6 planes.
If we only take one per flight, a lot of those kids ain't flying.

Tony

--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

In article ,
"Montblack" wrote:

AvWeb October 20th
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#190814
YOUNG EAGLES FLIGHTS CONTINUE AFTER FATALITIES...

"With 500,000 flights and 1.2 million kids safely flown as Young Eagles, we
think our safety procedures are pretty sound,"


That's more than 2 kids per flight.
A. That sucks if you're the kid stuck in back.
B. That number doesn't seem right.

If 200,000 flights have one kid, that leaves 300,000 flights for the
remaining 1 million kids.

I've seen maybe 40 Young Eagles take to the air at ANE (Anoka County -
Blaine, MN). All planes went up with one pilot, one kid.


Montblack




--

Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

("tony roberts" wrote)
It sucks a lot more if you're the kid on the ground who can't get a
flight. We routinely fly over 100 kids per YE day with 5 or 6 planes.
If we only take one per flight, a lot of those kids ain't flying.


Wow, from all of the posts I see my experience has NOT been the norm.

When I've been up to the north end of the field by the tower, on a weekend
Young Eagles have been flying, I've usually seen 5-8 planes lined up. One
kid per plane is escorted out to the taxiway. They have a YE staging area
inside the American Wings Museum. This was also how they handled the flights
when my niece went for her first airplane ride as a YE, a few years ago.

Maybe I've missed the busy YE weekends with lots of kids.


Montblack