Hello all, I can confirm that Joeyglide is being run in accordance with the Australian Nationals rules, and I apologise for any suggestion that it might not be.
In my previous note, I was stating the default penalty. There is a provision in the rules for the Penalties Committee to apply a more lenient penalty in the non-competitive part of the flight, if the breach of airspace was not to the competitive advantage of the pilot and where there were extenuating circumstances. I cannot comment in detail on the reasons for their decision - I can only say that they have that option and obviously exercised it in this case. Cheers and Merry Christmas to all. Tim Tim Shirley wrote: > The Australian Nationals Rules do not differentiate. > > There is a three-level penalty which is the same as that which > operates at World Comps: first offence, outlanding at the point of > the offence; second offence, zero for the day; third offence, > disqualification. Naturally, an outlanding before the start makes the > first offence the same as the second :) > > I do not know why Joeyglide would be runto any other rule. They > should be running on current Nationals rules - and until I had spoken > to the CD, I would not assume otherwise, regardless of what may be > posted in this forum. > > Tim > > Mike Borgelt wrote: >> At 10:15 AM 20/12/2007, you wrote: >> >>> Well this changes everything. >>> >>> The scorer has undertaken to seek clarification about the rules, >>> and it seems that pre-start airspace violations provide for a 100 >>> point penalty, not zero points. >>> >>> There'll be updated scores in due course :-) >>> >>> The other interesting thing is that we're now five days into the >>> contest and none of the people affected by this have read the rules >>> and raised a protest. As David Conway says, "That kind of >>> education is one of the reasons we run JoeyGlide." >>> >>> - mark >>> >> >> Maybe nobody bothered with that rule because it is absurd. Could >> someone please detail the "thinking", to use the term loosely, behind >> that penalty system? >> Surely an airspace violation during a contest flight is just that and >> the penalty should be the same no matter when it occurred? The >> consequences whether in civil penalties or mid airs are surely the >> same. I can't see CASA bothering to differentiate between pre start >> and after start when taking the violater to court. >> >> Mike >> Borgelt Instruments - manufacturers of quality soaring instruments >> phone Int'l + 61 746 355784 >> fax Int'l + 61 746 358796 >> cellphone Int'l + 61 428 355784 >> Int'l + 61 429 355784 >> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> website: www.borgeltinstruments.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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