Couple of things regarding my earlier post and reactions.
1. I have NOT said keep all without Flarm out. I wrote 'I do NOT wanjt to
fly a competition ......'. That was very deliberate, a big part of my future
decision making process which competiton to attend and which not will be the
use of Flarm or otherwise.
2. Flarm is not something which came out of the woodworks yesterday. The
discussion started more than 10 years ago in Europe. Some people may believe
or hope that it is just another fad and go away if we ignore it long enough.
It will not.
3. If you don't want it, fine, don't have it.
Rolf
From: "Peter Creswick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in
Australia."<[email protected]>
To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in
Australia."<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Queensland Easter Competition and FLARM
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:18:04 +1100
As I said before, it does have a use in the alerted see and avoid realm,
but I don't see it as "the" answer, that so many on various web sites and
forums, particularly the European ones, seem to think it is, and I see down
sides, and council caution.
I have had plenty of cases in the last fifty plus years where the latest
and greatest turned out to be a monumental flop, and in a couple of cases,
disasters, requiring back to square one. I am always "suspicious" of those
who leap on the band wagon of something the latest and greatest, and just
go hell for leather for it. It reminds me of Lemmings, and it makes me
nervous.
Demanding, as some have, that this, something still very new, unique, still
in development, from a single manufacturer, that is proprietary and
expensive, that there is limited experience of, be made mandatory, and
asserting that non agreement with such mandating is cause for excluding
people from flying in comps, is "evangelical fervour".
To then say those who haven't tried it don't have a credible position is
shooting the messenger big time. <I reckon the opinions of that sample
holds much more weight than those that have not used the device and
continue as nay-sayers.>. Don't you see that simply making such a
statement is effectively telling anyone who hasn't used it to shut up ?
Again advocacy in the bracket of "evangelical fervour". What you are
really saying is equivalent to "give me the royal blank cheque - trust me".
I never wrote a blank cheque in my life so far, and I'm not about to
now. Then there is the <"world is flat"> retort. Very cheap. Yet another
blatant denigration of anyone not totally on board and a team player. Not
content with that however, you continue to rub it in, with accusations of
<steam driven> mentality and finally <Is there an Amish Soaring Club out
there somewhere ..... and are some of them members of this forum?>. That
sort of line wins no respect from me whatsoever, nor does it persuade me to
believe in it.
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