Takeoffs are optional....but landings aren't! Seems pretty obvious but apparently not to everyone. Last weekend I'm flying my plane when somebody yells, "we've got a problem and we need some help". Since I'm a club instructor I quickly landed my plane and asked what is the problem? "We don't know how to land". Well, why did you takeoff??? I went over and landed the plane and suggested that in the future the plane stay on the ground until the pilot got enough instruction to be able to safely land the plane. Amazing!