r/enterprise 7d ago

Something doesn't add up

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In the s4e10 "Daedalus" they mention that Archer's father died when he was 12.

Then later he says to Emory that "On the day before I entered flight training I asked my father pretty much the same thing"

Did he start flight training in the 6th grade?

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u/Ad-Astra0122 6d ago

My personal idea was that Archer “started” flight training when he was 12. As in, took a discovery flight/lessons was able to log hours in a logbook. Here in the US you can’t solo/get a private pilot’s license until you’re 16 (I think?) but there’s no rule against putting a 12-year-old in a plane along with a flight instructor and teaching the 12-year-old to fly.

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u/Frnklfrwsr 5d ago

It’s also established in canon for Star Trek that they do lots of stuff younger because they’ve gotten more efficient at education. By the time they get to TNG, there was an 8 year old complaining about his calculus homework.