No it isn't.
GFA employs people, some clubs employ people, glider and equipment
manufacturers try to run at a profit and employ people. Some gliding
operations (even in Australia) are privately owned and run for
profit. It is a business with customers. Some of the businesses are
disguised as non profit "clubs".
Did you bother to read the article at the link? I see certain
parallels to gliding.
The only power anyone has in gliding is to sufficiently piss people
off so they leave. Arriving at a contest having paid the entry fee,
organising time off (maybe buying or hiring a glider and having done
the training and practice to be able to fly at a contest - a huge investment)
and having been given a set of rules which you are happy enough to
live buy, only to have them changed at briefing on the first day,
seems to me to be a good way of ensuring that some won't turn up next year.
Unfortunately gliding in Australia has been VERY successful at
getting people to leave, hence the downsizing of the activity over
the last 30 years. Don't worry, there is more to come. The current
GFA "leadership", to use the term loosely, is bending over backwards to
ensure that those of you who get their gliders maintained by the
handful of commercial workshops will find that this is more expensive
and difficult than in the past, if indeed it is still available to
you. The GFA leadership in the airworthiness area is particularly enthusiastic
about this.
Mike
At 06:02 PM 10/02/2014, you wrote:
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
<<mailto:[email protected]>[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>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
<<mailto:[email protected]>[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:
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[ mailto:[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.
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