So true. They no doubt believe the pernicious rumor that you can do anything you set your mind to do. Sometimes circumstances and sandbars intervene.
I have a feeling the Lord was trying to tell them something.
Recently talked with a friend who used to work for the FAA. He mentioned that in Alaska there are many self-taught pilots who never received any instruction, have no license, have no insurance, crash a lot. High accident rate in AK. Place is just too big and rough for any better enforcement.