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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/CandidCrawdad on 2023-08-27 22:53:46.
My youngest daughter recently had her birthday and turned 11 years old. As a birthday gift my brother and his partner wanted to fly the girls to Alpine, WY, for hiking and to play in the river. They own their own small plane, my brother’s husband was a marine pilot and flying is now his hobby. The trip is a little less than an hour by plane, so this would be a day trip for them.
The problem is I just don’t trust this plane… it’s so small, only 5 people fit in it and that includes the pilot. That means either myself or my husband could go and my husband has been trying to persuade me since he LOVES planes and he’s telling me how safe it is. I think he just wants to go as a treat to himself, and he told me I just don’t want to let them go because I’m controlling. We got into an argument over it and he’s very upset that I won’t even consider it. Does that make me an asshole, to be worried about this?
Edit to add the girls have no idea this was offered. My brother and BIL brought the idea up with me and my husband, and I immediately told them absolutely not. I honestly do not care how much training he has, there’s not enough training where I’d trust to let my girls get off the ground in that plane. Besides, the girls have asked to go up before and I’ve always said no, so I don’t know why my BIL would think now would be different? At least though they didn’t go behind my back and promise this to the girls first.