She didn’t think her husband had the patience, the diligence, the attention span, and, really, the humility to be a good pilot. To know when he shouldn’t get in the air. He was still a student, but he had so much hubris. He didn’t take his training seriously. He hadn’t banked nearly the hours in the air, in daylight and at night, to pilot alone. He would break the rules, sneak in solo flights when he was supposed to have an instructor fly with him, but not one person admonished him
