"BJen" wrote in message ...
"Ron Natalie" wrote:

Keep your mind in the "landing" mode or get out of the way
of landing traffic. You have no business, and are in violation
of the regs to do otherwise.

What reg prohibits me from deciding not to land? I'm not in
an airplane, and I don't want to land at this airport, but
must do so for safety. If a thermal permits me not to land,
and I don't want to, and can leave the pattern safely, what
regulation do you think prohibits me from departing?

If you're not going to land, then get out of the way of landing
traffic. That's the rule. Puttering around looking for a thermal
trying to decide if you need to land or not is not landing.