Steve Schneider writes:

I've had a couple of Young Eagle flights where the kids did not want to
handle the controls. I was quite suprised since they had an obvious
interest in flying given that they signed up for the event -- and in
each case they enjoyed their flight. But a couple of them just wanted to
observe rather than pilot the aircraft. I continue to hope that the
next time these kids had the opportunity to fly that they would feel
less inhibited and take the controls.

Some people enjoy being in the air but have no desire to actually
pilot the plane themselves.

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