"Nyal Williams" wrote in message

...

We require our tow pilots to be glider pilots and to have made the three
flights in a glider. *This is a club operation.

(I know you didn't ask, but it seems better to us for the tow pilot to
have experience at both ends of the rope.)

I agree that glider experience is a plus for a tow pilot but not
necessary. The problem our club has is having a tow pilot available
when needed. Many of the glider pilots in our club are not power
rated and some that are have let their medicals lapse and stick to
gliding. To entice some to tow we compensate them with free glider
time. I currently am hoping to get my glider rating this year but I
tow so much that I rarely am free when there's another tow pilot
available.