now that reports accidents and incidents are captured in a modern IT system (SOAR) the actual events can be readily accessed and analysed
perhaps an annual summary analysis of events registered in SOAR would give our community better clearer insight (chris?) I feel that there may be a lot of assumptions going around that may not be properly grounded (damn another pad pun) > On 3 Mar 2016, at 10:34 AM, DMcD <slutsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> 500' at 3k approaching over the lake. I have never forgotten that lesson >>> of "what are my options""What are my options" > > Listen to the voices of inbound comp pilots… there's a whole lot of > tension compared with inbound non-comp pilots. I'd guess, very few > options are available other than the straight in approach, unless you > accept the lake as a good option :-) > > My point is that if you allow a straight in approach from a low finish > height, you have reduced the options to 1. So everything better go OK. > > If we really want to make the sport safer, then we need to look at > where accidents happen and if there's a group which regularly bite, > especially ones which have an easy fix, then fix them. > > As an observer, it appears to me that there are a significant number > of accidents and fatalities which happen in competitions on landings. > If this isn't so, then fine. If it is the case, then we should find a > fix. My suggestion is to require a proper circuit. The same as would > be used in 99% of glider operations. > > D > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
