Student posts the following on his Facebook after his third solo flight:
I have to confess... That I was actually extremely tired after work today.. Full day negotiation... So bad that i took a wrong shuttle to a wrong parking lot.... I wanted to just drop dead in my car when I got there...
But I went flying afterwards instead... My instructor would disapprove if he had known and I probably shouldn't have done that... But i did it anyways... It's my first solo flying out of an airport and practice maneuvers (like stalling...) on my own!! Feel more and more like a pilot now!!! some of these pics I probably shouldn't share up here (like taking picture while taxiing or at short final...).. But now that i'm back and nothing bad happened.. I cannot resist!!!
He's been instructed in human factors concepts and should be aware about the dangers of fatigue. I'm a freelance instructor and just instruct as a side job for fun. If in my situation, would you continue to fly in this student? I know my answer, but just want to make sure I'm not overreacting. He's a super fast learner and pretty close to checkride with most of his solo time left though. I'm a bit mind boggled about how to him it seems perfectly reasonable to post this stuff and I'm not sure I want my name in his logbook anymore, even if we have a talk and he promises to not do any of this again...
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