It already has a pretty big traction in the airline industry, and it's getting bigger.
In the Airline I work for The GMGFO ( Boss of 148 aircraft from 777 to F50 including cadet program) looks at the GFA ads monthly, he wants to buy something but is time poor. The Domestic Chief pilot was up at Kingaroy not long ago, flew the ASK21 and is keen to join. The 737 and 330 standards managers are ex glider pilots and are very keen to get back into it, they steal my magazines constantly. Probably 10% of the pilot group have flown gliders. Our last two Airline Pilot Cadet intakes both had GUSS/ Kingaroy gliding pilots We have the companies permission to put selected gliding instructors through a bit of a simulator program so as to give them a feel of what becomes important in jet operations, that way they as instructors can reinforce basics at the start of the pilots career, we as a company benefit later on. We have already put through an RTO on one of our CRM/NTS courses and the plan is to offer more. Our technical team are very aware of FLARM and other technological advances. The Current tug master of one of Queensland's biggest clubs is a current 737 First Officer. Some sailplane pilots still think its ok to apply the same rule set as they did in the 60's, this would be fine if we were still flying Blanik's and kookaburras however we are now going cross country in aeroplanes that outweigh and go faster than ultralights. So perhaps talking on the radio in a professional manner, being aware of other forms of aviation and proactively showing others our passion in a positive light might be worth a thought, rather than the old "I fly gliders therefore I am a better pilot" type of attitude. Just a thought :) Justin Justin Sinclair 17 Queen st. Scarborough Qld 4020 Hm 07 3885 8949 Mob 0421 061 811 Email [email protected] Sent from my iPad > On 13 Nov 2013, at 6:05 am, [email protected] wrote: > > Send Aus-soaring mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Aus-soaring digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: What can glider pilots teach the airline industry? > (John Parncutt) > <mime-attachment> > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > 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
