When I couldn't find Manzi for a bit of time while he was out, I got very scared
and began to think it is not worth it. But, once he came back to me I felt more
confident again, the only problem is I remember being scared.

Thanks for all of the advice. I was worried that I would get scolded for my poor
training skills and that everyone would agree that I should quit due to my
endangering Manzi. I never want to hurt Manzi as he is so dear to me. While he
was out yesterday a man asked me, "Will you feel good about yourself if he gets
eaten by a hawk because you let him fly outside just because he likes to do so?"

The reason I was letting Manzi play in the tree so much is because 1) He was
missing wing feathers and I still wanted to let him outside (although now he is
flying just fine) and 2) He loves playing in the tree so I thought it helps to
make him excited to go outside.

Maybe I should have a new plan that consists of point A to B flights and indoor
recalls. Since he has not done very many of those, I think I will start with
only doing 3 at a time and keep the distance to 10-15 feet. Before he ever broke
any flight feathers he was doing quite a few A to B flights up to 50 or 75 feet.
The only problem is at those longer distances he would miss more than half and
either circle around or land low in a tree and then fly down. I was probably
pushing the distance too quickly (we went from 10 to 75 feet within about 5
days). I'll go much more slowly and maybe keep these very close flights for a
week or so while building up to doing more than three. How does that plan sound?
Any recommendations?

I feel like I am always making new plans, but they don't always work or I am not
carrying them out correctly!