Originally Posted by
BluePAX
I hadn’t heard of supervised solos...wow. It sounds like preventing more hull losses, and possibly making sure they actually do what they are meant to. I remember that students on solos would go fly circles over wickenburg on their “long XC”, and another instance of them running the tach out on the ground.
It's also about pushing students through who have no business being in the air and aren't competent to solo an aircraft. There are major ethical implications involved with sending students to a practical test who aren't competent, and who will fail over and over again.
That some are willing to be a part of that just to jack their logbook hours up enough to move on isn't something one should be proud of.