Wrong analogy. Gliding is a volunteer sport.
I am not trying to sell a product to anyone. I do not profit personally, except some satisfaction if I introduce someone to Gliding and they enjoy it sufficiently to stay on and take it up. That unfortunately is rare. I have no interest in helping anyone achieve their bucket list. They can look for a commercial operator for that. On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Mike Borgelt < [email protected]> wrote: > So you do a deal to buy a car of certain specifications, pay the money > and find on the delivery date the diesel you ordered is a petrol and the > colour which you specifically chose is not available and the car in front > of you is some other colour and if you complain you are told to build your > own if you don't like it? > > There's an interesting thread on r.a.s. at the moment about the California > City soaring operation closing down which you might like to read. Also by > co-incidence Karl Denninger this morning has a little story about the scuba > diving industry in the US. > > here: http://www.market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=228385 > > There may be some lessons here. > > Mike > > > > > > > > At 02:57 PM 10/02/2014, you wrote: > > The Horsham Week competition is run by the pilots themselves. They set > the rules. I expect that the GFA guidelines are respected. However the > pilots can replace the scorer, if they re not happy. Only problem is > getting a volunteer to take on the job. > > First to complain about some else is doing their job nominates them self. > > Yours > Peter Champness > > On Feb 10, 2014, at 12:12 PM, Simon Holding <[email protected]> wrote: > > My understanding is that on day one of the contest, without warning, the > CD announced that the Scorer was only interested in scoring according to > Australian National rules, or was not prepared to score the contest. It > seems the pilots acceded to this ultimatum, thus raising the spectre of > duress. > I am curious whether this denial of natural justice is a modern GFA > interpretation of that doctrine, or, has it been ever thus in gliding > contests? > > > > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *Jo Pocklington > *Sent:* Monday, 10 February 2014 7:13 AM > *To:* 'Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.' > *Cc:* 'GGC Members' > *Subject:* Re: [Aus-soaring] Horsham Week 2014 > > Traditionally, Horsham Week has been an entry level comp with pilots > required to nominate 3 flying days in advance to allow sharing of a glider > for the 8 days. The idea was to attract beginner-pilots to share a club > glider and compete against all levels of pilots, up to international > standard. For the record, 2014 Horsham Week was scored to new rules. Local > Rules (published Dec 13) included the usual: *All* scoring days will > attract 1000 points. This was rescinded at briefing on day one resulting in > 3 devalued days in 15m (882, 979, 612) and Open (707, 893, 600) and 2 in > Club (821, 600) and Std (882, 612). A pilot who pre-nominated the > subsequently-devalued days was therefore disadvantaged, contrary to the > spirit of Horsham Week. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > *Borgelt Instruments* - > *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > 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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