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ds asked in Pregnancy & ParentingGrade-Schooler · 1 decade ago

My 16 year old son wants to be a pilot. He is a very good child and takes responsibility well.?

I believe in him. He's done awesome with simulators. No crash! Planes and Helicopters. Would you take a ride with him controlling?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Hell No. He needs to go to school in order to become a pilot, he needs to take classes to get a pilots license. Until then anyone who would fly with him is a damn fool.

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't fly lol never have never will unless my boys were like in another state dying or something. My oldest son is going to be 6 and he wants to be a pilot too. I would say that at 16 he should be taking fly lessons now with a licensed instructor and start learning how to really fly a plane and see how he does. A simulator really isn't real enough to say how he will do flying the real thing. Look into real flying lessons for him and let him see how he does.

  • 1 decade ago

    Well, the first lessons he will have to take with a qualified instructor, only when he gets so much experience, and passes the first exams (which includes emergency training) and a medical, will he be able to fly solo, but he won't be able to take you as a passenger until he fully qualifies as a private pilot.

    Source(s): I hold an Irish Private Pilots Student Licence.
  • 1 decade ago

    He can't just fly a plane without taking serious lessons for a certain number of hours, which are required before a person can operate an airplaine or helicoptor.

    So, no i wouldn't go anywhere with him until he got his pilot's license.

    i hope he follows his dreams!

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  • 1 decade ago

    Heck no!!!

    not unless there was a trained person sitting right next to him ready to take control incase of emergency.. in that case yes that would be a great thing for him to experience and a good way to let him know who proud of him you are.

  • 1 decade ago

    No. He ought to apply to the Air Force Academy.

  • 1 decade ago

    I would, as long as he gets his license, or if I had a parachute just in case. I've always wanted to go skydiving.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sure, once he had his pilot's license!

    He is old enough to enroll in classes.

    Source(s): Commons ense and research Personal experience and opinion Mom of three!
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    as long as there is a parachutet and a pro, yes

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