Peter Duniho wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:5w0jg.27259$No1.21289@attbi_s71...

How many guys do you know that tell you "I soloed a plane back in 19xx" --
but never got their ticket?

I have met a whole bunch of them. I don't want my son to solo, get
"stuck" in a rut waiting, and then never finish up.


Get over it. There's nothing wrong with him deciding he doesn't want to
pursue aviation, and it's pointless for you to attempt to arrange things to
"ensure" that he does.

You can't ensure that he does. He will finish because he wants to. A
friend of mine bought a 150 for his high school kid to learn to fly in.
The kid got his private but basically showed no interest in flying.
The kid joined the Air Force and was stationed at the AFB in Dover, DE.
My friend flew the plane out there so the kid could fly anytime he
wanted for the price of gas. It's been just over a year since the plane
was delivered to him. He never once untied it from the ramp. Since he
just got deployed to Iraq for a while another friend went over there to
bring it back. The kid has no interest in flying and dad is the only
one who can't see it because he wants it so bad.
My oldest is going to be a junior in high school next fall and
already knows he wants to go to UND to be an airline pilot. We have all
the brochures and will no doubt be applying when a junior would normally
apply. I show him all the negative articles I can find about how being
an airline pilot ain't like it used to be, but he is determined. My
kids have known since day one that they will be going to college.
Graduating from high school merely means you will be changing schools.
So once there they can do what they want.