<p>Who would think to advise their freshman not to go for an evening plane ride with a student pilot?</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/08/26/0826-4-case-western-students-killed-in-plane-crash.html”>http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/08/26/0826-4-case-western-students-killed-in-plane-crash.html</a></p>
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<p>That is so, so sad. And I know–warning our kids not to get into a small plane with a young pilot is not something on many parents’ list of things to worry about.</p>
<p>Very sad, but there is not much parents could have said. My mom was deathly afraid of small planes, which is whi I never told her when I went up in one with college-age pilots. We decided which risks to take, and most of us are lucky to survive to adulthood.</p>
<p>I saw this earlier in our state news. So, so tragic. Must admit I was shocked to see that the pilot was only 20 and the rest (?) of the students were even younger. Awful.</p>
<p>Very sad…</p>
<p>SO sad . . one of the students went to D’s former HS so I heard about it earlier today. Again, not on the list of things I would have worried about :(</p>
<p>Actually I have a great concern about this, since D’s BF is a pilot at 18. I’ve told her we would prefer she not go up with him, but he holds a lot more sway than we do, so who knows? At least right now, I don’t think he is doing much flying.</p>
<p>I definitely feel for the families involved, but I can’t imagine telling any of my guys not to go for a flight any more than I would never tell them not to go for a drive with friends. It’s always sad when there’s an accident. I always want to hug my guys whenever I hear of such things. But I don’t want to stop them from “living” their lives.</p>
<p>@rockvillemom - To be fair to the pilot, sounds like there was a problem with the airplane. One person reported hearing the plane having trouble; though remains to be confirmed. And it is not clear that this was a student-pilot. One can get a pilot’s license at age 17, so the pilot could have an actual licensed pilot with more than enough experience to fly his friends at night. </p>
<p>Teens and young adults just never think it will happen to them…either did I. When I was 18, my boyfriend who was a few years older was a pilot. I went up with him a couple of times, not in the least bit intimidated. Now…you couldn’t PAY me to go up in a small aircraft with even the most experienced pilot.</p>
<p>I’m one parent who did tell my kids not to do this! The reason being that when my H and I were in college, we had a friend who had his pilot’s license and my H (then boyfriend) went up with him and I wasn’t happy. It wasn’t until years later that he told me that the plane had an issue while they were up and it was a scary situation that fortunately turned out all right. </p>
<p>I agree with conmama that you couldn’t pay me enough to go up in one of those small planes even with an experienced pilot. You can’t compare this with riding in a car with a friend. If there’s a problem with a car, it rarely results in the deaths of driver and all passengers. With a plane, it almost always does. Sad, indeed.</p>
<p>D was very upset last night at the sudden loss of her classmate. I guess I really should have broken the news better but I wanted to tell her before it was all over Facebook. I can’t imagine what the college community is like right now. </p>
<p>I guess I’m glad that S did not tell me he was going skydiving this summer until after he landed safely. </p>