One of the nice things about an Australia wide discussion forum
(admittedly with a small percentage of sailplaners on it) is that we
get to gauge the spread of views (inevitably filling the spectrum).
Where Richard & I differ is probably in that I've been around a long
time and have seen this conversation before -
- in the 1950s when Philip Wills headed the view as a result of the
accident rates between self declared and medical declared pilots being
shown to be the same
- in the 1970s when there was the 'we're all gonna die' in the
ultralights (now LSA) conversation
The 'rules for everyone' approach has the unfortunate consequence of
limiting people (and airframes) out of the recreational flying field.
hint - GFA member numbers and numbers of 'one off', 'experimental' and
'homebuilt' airframes today vs 10, 20, 30 years past.
After 60 years of having such airframes and independent pilots, I think
we have enough of a data set to eliminate that worry about 'it'll fall
on my head' .
On 18/05/2012, at 5:00 PM, McLean Richard wrote:
I suppose so Mark. The risks are infinitely less I suppose, but they
still exist.
I'd be pretty pissed off if my loved ones were killed by a glider with
an incapacitated or semi-blind pilot.
No doubt forums would then be full of people whinging that "they" had
allowed such a thing to happen!
From: Mark Newton <new...@atdot.dotat.org>
To: McLean Richard <richardmcl...@yahoo.com.au>; Discussion of issues
relating to Soaring in Australia.
<aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net>
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2012 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] self declared fitness
So you're saying it's no different from driving, then?
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:10:58AM -0700, McLean Richard wrote:
> Any moving vehicle carries with it the responsibility to remain
> in control - your medical condition puts others potentially at risk
> if it means your no-longer-piloted glider crashes into someone else
> or their property. Hardly a nanny-state rule, just common sense
surely!
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