rjciii wrote:

Shawn Curry wrote:


(and yet Zoomies are nearly ripping their wings off).


What are you inferring here?

The referenced article says nothing about aircraft structural failure
nor does it address questionable flying operations other than related
maintenance concerns.

Snip unnecessarily defensive rant

No. A cadet overstressed a glider and jumped-old news.
The buck stops with the Academy. Who oversees the contractor
maintaining the ships? Who oversees the cadets who get into trouble and
have to jump?
I guess what it really comes down to is the tax payers. I don't like
the way the way the Academy appears to be managing this valuable
program. As a tax payer, I do have a right to express my disapproval
(at least for now) and expect the Academy to be accountable. This being
a glider forum, I suspected some people would be interested in more news
about the Academy program.
The length of previous threads would support this assumption (e.g.
http://tinyurl.com/25as4 ).

Shawn