Um, he is but he isn't. He and his dad have a small excavating company and they have a mini ex, a skid steer, and a backhoe like ours but i don't think he runs it much. If my dad couldn't run the hoe at work he would fill in for him but usually my dad was there so he didn't run it much. When they gave my dad this backhoe with pilot controls my dad would have him run it some since he wasn't very good on pilot controls. So yea, hes kinda new but he should be a lot better than he is.