A major plus of RA...no launch and retrieve. true independence.
> On 31 Jan 2017, at 2:46 PM, Derek <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dittolog ain’t gonna tow & retrieve the glider… > > > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Mark Fisher > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 2:40 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] gliding the sport > > Dittolog will fix that :) > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Matthew Scutter <[email protected]> > wrote: > I'm baffled as to how many people are often 'needed' to run an operation. > Most clubs I've visited still have one if not TWO people required to sit on > the ground and log the takeoffs and landings for the whole day. > Trivially avoidable by either having pilots record their own takeoff and > landing times, or even whizzbang automatic solutions like dittolog. > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Derek <[email protected]> wrote: > Until envy raises its ugly head: I push and shove/ do the log/ tow the > gliders all day & I don’t get paid!... > > The fact of the matter is that gliding (except self launchers) requires a > team of people to operate, unlike powered flight. It would not be cost > effective. > > From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Robert Izatt > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 1:21 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] gliding the sport > > Right on the money LOL and nothing like getting paid to make you realise that > your labour as an instructor has real value and that time is in fact > valuable to you and the client. It doesn’t have to be sheep stations. > Compensate the instructors for their expenses - getting to the field, > memberships, let alone their experience. You don’t have to do it for anyone > else > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > > -- > Mark Fisher > Managing Director > Swift Performance Equipment > Unit 2, 1472 Boundary Rd > Wacol 4076 > Australia > Ph: +61 7 3879 3005 > Fax: +61 7 36076277 > www.spe.com.au > > <~WRD000.jpg> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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