[dverespey]

Amazing, 2 hours and someone let you out on your own?

There is one aspect of your story that you don't look at. Your own awarness and personal saftey. I could see more in your favor if the story stopped after the crash on your first solo, but it doesn't. The long cross country was all you. No one told you to go. There are always people who will sign you off as you say. It's up to every person to know their limits and stick to them. I hope you have learned that lesson as well.

As far as training, yes more training is always a good idea. Yet no training in the world is going to break bad internal habits. Sometimes somthing happens to change them for the better, which in your case is probably true.

It's easy to blame the system, but in every case you state, from the initial ride to your cross country, rules were broken, and standards ignored.