"Ron Lee" wrote in message
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If he ran out of fuel on his first solo, I would think the FAA would be
looking for his CFI.

Agree with that. But the student was still pilot in command.


Indeed. I just had this picture of a CFI jumping out after a couple hour of
T&Gs and saying "Ok, it's all yours this time, let's see three good
landings". Only to look up a couple minutes later and say "OOOOPPPS".