Bernard, I have earlier this morning replied off-line to your off-line email.
In that reply, I confirmed to you that I had sent my email to Aus-soaring prior to seeing your post. I however view the matter no differently after reading your post (below). You are, in my view missing the point ... (a) the actions of a fellow glider pilot are not the business of other glider pilots en masse, (b) the name of that glider pilot and the glider pilot's home club is irrelevant to the "coaching" issue you raise, and (b) your "public outing" of a fellow glider pilot on a national chat site is simply not appropriate or acceptable. You have my ongoing appreciation and support for the efforts that you and other coaches generously put in to our great sport in your own time and often at your own personal cost. This "outing" by you of a fellow glider pilot in a national chat site has however, in my view, nothing more to do with "coaching" than had the incident you refer to been damage to your car by a fellow glider pilot (or anyone else) at your local shopping centre. I am genuinely sympathetic to your frustrations that the (alleged) incident took place at an organised gliding event and that this has (allegedly) become a serious personal issue between you and the other glider pilot. Had you expressed you "coaching concerns" with anecdotal reference to the incident (while maintaining the anonymity of the fellow glider pilot) ... no problem! My comments have nothing to do with the fact that the fellow glider pilot happens to be a member of the same gliding club as me ... my comments have however everything to do with the fact that the third party is a fellow glider pilot, a fellow member of GFA and a fellow human being. Regards, Kevin Rodda
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