Parents and flying

I have my private and only one of my friends' parents let them go up with me. My friend came up and we were completely safe. My other friends' parents set arbitrary amounts of hours I must have before they let them come up with me. (one said 100 and one said 250). I understand waiting a little bit, but making me have 190 more hours is a little absurd. Maybe I'll get my commercial at 250 hrs and then I can charge him for the entire flight!
 
Slugger said:
I have my private and only one of my friends' parents let them go up with me. My friend came up and we were completely safe. My other friends' parents set arbitrary amounts of hours I must have before they let them come up with me. (one said 100 and one said 250). I understand waiting a little bit, but making me have 190 more hours is a little absurd. Maybe I'll get my commercial at 250 hrs and then I can charge him for the entire flight!
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No offense but I wouldn't let someone with 60 hours take my daughter up either. You just got your training wheels taken off. I know you may be a very competent pilot but perception is reality and (I assume) your a teenager who just got his private. I'd only allow it if I am in the right seat.
 
subpilot said:
No offense but I wouldn't let someone with 60 hours take my daughter up either. You just got your training wheels taken off. I know you may be a very competent pilot but perception is reality and (I assume) your a teenager who just got his private. I'd only allow it if I am in the right seat.
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I agree, but my point was they were arbitrarily setting amounts of hours I must have. I just think 250 hours is a little ridiculous to bring up my friend when hypothetically, I could carry paying customers at that point. 100 hours is an acceptable # of hours IMO.

and you were right with that assumption haha.
 
Slugger said:
I agree, but my point was they were arbitrarily setting amounts of hours I must have. I just think 250 hours is a little ridiculous to bring up my friend when hypothetically, I could carry paying customers at that point. 100 hours is an acceptable # of hours IMO.

and you were right with that assumption haha.
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But some people don't even get their private in under 100 hours... You see, this is a loaded question with no proper answer.
 
Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I'd consider someone who just passed their private checkride safer than someone at 300 hours and a PPL.. maybe instrument rating. That's a lot of time to forget some of the nuances of flying a plane and handling an unusual situation.

Now granted, if the pilot is continually training throughout that time and is a fresh Comm/CFI... all of the above is out the window.
 
OhioStatePilot said:
Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I'd consider someone who just passed their private checkride safer than someone at 300 hours and a PPL.
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The accident statistics prove otherwise. As a group, private pilots with 100-350 flight hours have significantly higher accident rates when compared to equal exposure of pilots with higher or lower flight times. If you haven't read The Killing Zone: How and Why Pilots Die by Dr. Paul Craig, I highly recommend it. It just might be the best $20 you ever spend.

http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Zone-How-Why-Pilots/dp/007136269X
 
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