B) You just HAVE to fly and he can't take you up


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This is one of my hard rules I have for people that I teach. If you "HAVE" to go flying, and you go out on your own, whether you crash or not I am through with you. If a student thinks that they know enough to go out on their own before they have soloed, then there is nothing else I can teach them.

I know that this sounds a little harsh, but there is a reason for it. I was teaching a student to fly. He wanted to go out one evening and I couldn't make it because of a conflict with work, but I told him we could go the next evening. Well (you all can probably see what is coming) he went out on his own anyway. And yes, he totaled his plane. But the kicker is that he blamed me for the crash, "Because I couldn't go out when he wanted to go".

It's sad that the actions of one moron student have to affect all of my future students, but that's the way it's going to be. So now I have the rule.