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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Long story short, he reads well above his grade level and have some niche interests that he'll happily discuss with adults all day long. No Asperger's or anything, just a kid who loves to read and loves discussing what he's learned with people who get it, which most of his peers do not. E.g., last month we hired a fishing charter, and he spent most of the time talking to the captain about barques vs. brigantines. [b]Or he'll chat up the poor deadheading pilot next to him on the plane about what kind of approach he thinks we might be flying in this weather. [/b]We've had long discussions about how adults usually want quiet and he needs to be very aware for hints they're done talking, but it doesn't seem to be sticking. "But my friends don't know anything about things like this." He will stop talking to someone who appears to be done, but next time he runs across an adult who seems like they might know something about something he's into, he strikes up a conversation again. He's only 10, and adults hate it. Any advice?[/quote]

I'm a pilot.  If this happened to me I'd be *very* annoyed.  It's not cute, and I definitely have no interest in discussing anything like this with a child whose parent thinks it's cute that he knows so much.[/quote]

OP knows it's not cute.

Also, I'm a pilot and I'm smart enough to realize we're in a world of hurt right now, and getting the younger generations interested is the only thing that'll save our industry. Perhaps you need to lighten up (or smarten up) and learn to mentor for ten minutes. Would it kill you to tell a kid the ceilings are too low for an RNAV today?[/quote]

This kid isn't going to be a pilot any more than he's going to be a fisherman or whatever his obsession du jour is.  I do plenty of mentoring, although largely of other female pilots since I was lacking that when I started flying in 1985.  Also, please point out to me where I said I would not talk to him.  Go ahead, I'll wait. [/quote]

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