I hope the OLC publicizes this rule before they start disqualifying
flights for listing the wrong region. Since the OLC software can find
the field at which the launch was made, perhaps it also could determine
the correct region.

It also would be good if the OLC webpage gave us a way of getting a list
of all flights by pilots who live in a certain region (regardless of
where flown), as otherwise on a Saturday or Sunday you may have to look
through a list of 100 flights to find the ones done by local pilots who
are flying in another region.



Jack wrote:
Greg Arnold wrote:
If I am a Region 12 (So Cal) pilot flying in Region 11 (Nevada, among
other places), I must enter the flight in Region 11? Could you cite
the rule that says that?

The info below is cut-and-pasted directly from the OLC site

http://tinyurl.com/qqqsv

(note specifically under "Reason for complaint...: No fix in the region").


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FLIGHT COMPLAINT

Dear Competitor,
the 'Partner-Check' is a very important aspect of the OLC system.
Whenever you find a faulty flight claim, please use the 'Patner-Check'
to inform us about the irregularity.
It is not denigrating but it helps the OLC-team to remove errors from
the scoring, as we have no time to check all the flights in detail.
Our time permits only random checks of flight claims.
We hope to have listed all possible irregularities in the complaint
form below, but if we have missed something send a mail to :
.
If you have a complaint about a flight , please complete the from
below, and send it to us by pressing 'Send' in the from.

Our OLC-Team


Information on the flight


Select the OLC:

Date of flight (dd.mm.yy):

Name of competitor:

Scored distance in km (xxxx.xx):

Reason for complaint, multiple choices possible:
DAeC-Index wrong, the correct one is:
Flight twice in scoring
No fix in the region
Departure time wrong
Finish time wrong
Means of propulsion active during soaring performance
Airspace infringement

Information on me:
Given name and name:
E-Mail for questions:
Telephone:


Anonymous complaints will not be processed.
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I think others will agree that details of OLC rules have not been
clearly presented in the past, though SSA-OLC Administrator Doug Haluza
has gone a long way recently toward making the SSA OLC more accessible
to all of us. If I am wrong in my assessment of this issue, I apologize
for adding to the confusion. I believe this is an area that needs
further clarification.

We have 12 Regions because we have very different soaring conditions and
opportunities in this great expanse called the USA. It seems to me
completely illogical that wave flights in Region 11 or ridge flights in
Region 2 should be considered in comparison to thermal flights in Region
6, for example, when establishing Regional standings for clubs and
individuals.

These errors sometimes result from keyboard errors in data entry. They
also result when a pilot based in one region travels to a different
region for a contest, training, or recreation and does not realize that
a flight anywhere may be entered for the pilot and for his club but
should not be entered for a region outside the one in which it was flown.

Entrants, and their competitors, should be concerned about both sources
of inappropriate and misleading information.


Jack