This is a serious concern, so please no wise-cracks.... My dad is almost 60 and loves to fly. He's flown with me and with his friends a number of times. While never formally trained, he's a natural in the cockpit. He normally makes all the radio calls, flys the route and takes off and lands about half of the time. The only reason he doesn't log the training is that I'm not a CFI.
He's now decided that he has the time and money at this point in his life and really wants to get his license. He's found an instructor and will probably end up buying a plane as I did to get his license. (I always had a nice plane to train in that way without paying to fly junk).
The problem is this: MY MOTHER! She's a sweet lady and normally pretty level-headed, but dead set against GA flying. She wasn't real happy about me flying in the Navy, isn't real happy about me flying on a private level, but accepts it. She has laid down the law with my dad and told him that she will not approve of him training. She blames it on the safety aspect, but this must be just an excuse as he's driven race cars up to 200mph for as long as I can remember, raced boats when I was a kid and flys for business 10-15 times per month.
Can anyone offer advice which can be used to persuade my mother to give my dad his "kitchen pass"?
He's now decided that he has the time and money at this point in his life and really wants to get his license. He's found an instructor and will probably end up buying a plane as I did to get his license. (I always had a nice plane to train in that way without paying to fly junk).
The problem is this: MY MOTHER! She's a sweet lady and normally pretty level-headed, but dead set against GA flying. She wasn't real happy about me flying in the Navy, isn't real happy about me flying on a private level, but accepts it. She has laid down the law with my dad and told him that she will not approve of him training. She blames it on the safety aspect, but this must be just an excuse as he's driven race cars up to 200mph for as long as I can remember, raced boats when I was a kid and flys for business 10-15 times per month.
Can anyone offer advice which can be used to persuade my mother to give my dad his "kitchen pass"?