kirk.stant wrote:
BG,

I think what we have here is a difference in our "english". US usage
of aggressive vs conservative. Different points on a range of
approaches to a task. Foolhardy or Impulsively, or even carelessly &
dangerously would be beyond aggressive on the scale.

I think of aggressive when I tilt the balance of rewards vs risk in
the direction of risk (in this case, landing out, not damage/injury).
Conservative is avoiding the risk of landing out at any cost, usually
due to logistics of a retrieve.

US use of term aggressive may be cultural, come to think about it...

Changing the subject, it's interesting that you have the same problem
we have of clubs not liking XC flights. There really seems to be two
types of glider pilots out there, at times!

Cheers,

Kirk
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Hi Kirk

As I said probably semantics.
Have been actively working on getting some of our members to fly a little
further. Limited success so far, but I am painfully persistent...

We definitely have a few kinds of glider pilots. Broadly the goldfish bowl types
and the XC types. Wild variation in other attributes within the groups. For
example the highest risk taker and most likely candidate for a BIG moment in a
glider - feels the danger represented by outlanding is too high to risk, and
flies very limited XC in very conservative mode. Then does low level aerobatics
and redline wormburners over the runway at home. One has to wonder.

Inadvertently changed my signature there when I re-installed my news reader -
have to fix it.

Bruce