Ok, here's a question I am curious about. When do you think of someone as "soloed"? My club has a formal "Soloed" status, with a little test you have to pass.

To be "Soloed" you have to setup and start the plane yourself in a safe manner. Take off and land 3 times (3 flights in the same day, or one flight with full-stops and taxing back in to position, no touch-and-gos). And the hard one, 1 simulated deadstick landing on the field. The simulated deadstick is done by haveing the student fly around doing their thing with the instructor standing next to him. Then, with out warning, the instructor reaches over and idles the engine. The student then glides it back to the field.

Until someone is "Soloed", they aren't supposed to fly with out an instructor on a buddy box with them.