From the comments:
If he’s an instructor and he was teaching her, it goes in his record forever and may prevent airlines from hiring him.
That is quite correct.
A student crashing a plane can be a career-ending event if it's found to be due to the instructor's negligence.
Factors like the instructor's training record, whether they signed off the student for solo flight too early, and the nature of the crash (accident vs. negligence) are all considered.
That might explain why he looked so pissed off.
From the comments:
> If he’s an instructor and he was teaching her, it goes in his record forever and may prevent airlines from hiring him.
That is quite correct.
A student crashing a plane can be a career-ending event if it's found to be due to the instructor's negligence.
Factors like the instructor's training record, whether they signed off the student for solo flight too early, and the nature of the crash (accident vs. negligence) are all considered.
That might explain why he looked so pissed off.