Dad lets six year old land Citation…

[ahw01]

#NoHavingFun

PS. You can have fun if you don't upload it. Right?

 

[trafficinsight]

PS. You can have fun if you don't upload it. Right?

Plenty of folks do.

 

[WacoFan]

He's clearly grooming her. To fly jets! Or something. Better get Qanon freaks on this. Flying Citations in a car seat is a gateway drug to having your adenochrome harvested.

 

[Bob Ridpath]

If they crash and burn it'll be too bad for the family, although "probably" not gonna' happen with dad right there I just think it's incredibly dumb to post it for public consumption. Home video for the family - sure; posted online for millions of strangers? Not a chance in hell that's a good choice.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Meh.

 

[Roger Roger]

It’s ok not to post everything on the internets.

 

[Richman]

It’s ok not to post everything on the internets.

Narcissism is a disease and social media is the vector.

 

[WacoFan]

Why, with all the (legit) sickos and creeps out there would you post pictures of your kids at all and post them publicly? Maybe I'm paranoid but I can't figure out the appeal of doing that.

 

[Skåning]

Using your kid for attention seeking behavior is very cringe

 

[trafficinsight]

It’s ok not to post everything on the internets.

Sure, but.... it's also okay to post stuff on the internets.

 

[fholbert]

Maybe smarter than the rest of us. His autopilot is a tax write off.

 

[Skåning]

His autopilot is a tax write off.

but may also occasionally wet the bed

 

[BobDDuck]

He's clearly grooming her. To fly jets! Or something. Better get Qanon freaks on this. Flying Citations in a car seat is a gateway drug to having your adenochrome harvested.

Maybe you can get Jim Caviezel to make a movie about it.

 

[IPad (10)]

I think the video is awesome. The M2 is easier to land than a 172. The only part I do not like is that I cannot do this with my seven year old. He has 300 hours in multiple business jets, but he will never remember it

Where’s @CK? This is about how old you were when you joined here, right?

Good for her. Hopefully, dad doesn’t get into trouble for it. It sounds like he’s flying the same guy around, Mr. G. They say his name a couple of times but dad tells her to not say it any more.

I was 13 when I did my first landing in a Citation and 15 when I joined here as CitationKid.

Alex.

 

[///AMG]

Mark me down in the not a good idea category. Sure, it is a great experience to do that with your kids, and for those that grew up in an aviation family - you've flown with your parents or relatives in a Cub or Skyhawk and did similar cool stuff. However, I don't think that's the motive since it is recorded and put out on the internet. The Administrator, insurance companies, and lawyers would have a field day, especially with video evidence. Is it careless and reckless or not, is that car seat legal to be in the front seat, etc.... Too many ways to find yourself with unnecessary attention.

I agree this is a below average in headwork. I don't take issue with dad letting his daughter practice her flying skills from a young age. But filming it and putting it on the internet is just a bad idea. And like Mike said, to what end? Is he trying to just share a good time, or rather, use her to generate revenue/likes/whatever? That's fun stuff that should just as well be a good memory she has many years later, when she is a young wide body captain. I have similar memories of flying my dad's plane from a pretty young age. But we didn't have cell phones/internet, and camcorders were the size of a briefcase so they live as just memories.....which is fine.

 

[trafficinsight]

That's a lot of assumptions. Until I have reason to believe this guy isn't just sharing cute moments and it's something more sinister, I think I'll just take them for cute moments, chuckle a bit, and move TF on.

 

[T/O w/FSII]

I’m probably the only guy on this website to give type rating training to private pilot students in a Citation M2. And Mustang. And CJ3+. Probably the only guy to sign off someone’s logbook here. And I have, multiple times. To people who have both passed and failed. I have also sent people home after the first few flights and thousands of wasted dollars.

But none of them are posted on the internet.

 

[WacoFan]

Maybe you can get Jim Caviezel to make a movie about it.

Ask me about the afternoon and evening I spent with Caviezel and his wife waaaaaay back in 2002. Good times, good times.

 

[Skåning]

My captain was an 8 month old, talk about a quick upgrade. Little turkey wouldn't drop the brake early.

 

[BobDDuck]

Ask me about the afternoon and evening I spent with Caviezel and his wife waaaaaay back in 2002. Good times, good times.

Was he bonkers back then too?