But you don’t need three students and four others to hang around all day just 
to do that.


> On 31 Jan. 2017, at 1:46 pm, Derek <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Dittolog ain’t gonna tow & retrieve the glider…
>  
>  
> From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected] 
> <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] 
> <mailto:[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] 
> <mailto:[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] 
>> <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 
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