"Greg Arnold" wrote in message ...
On 10/19/2010 5:39 AM, Mike the Strike wrote:


I really don't understand the reason for the 48 hour rule. Most pilots
post immediately, because if they delay for a day none of their friends
will see their flight (since few of us look at posts from a day or two
earlier). Therefore, prompt posting will naturally occur without any
OLC rule on the matter. The OLC has to cut off postings at some point,
I suppose, but why not a week?

I also don't understand the reason for the 15km rule, but suspect that
it may be a poor attempt to solve a real problem. I do know that where
I fly there is never any lift within 15km of the airport. We have to
tow to the hills/mountains, which is about 20km. If the airport was
instead located at the base of the hills/mountains, the 15km rule would
be no problem. So my inability to compete in the OLC is a function of
the decision made decades ago about where to locate the airport. I
don't understand why airport location is relevant to the OLC.


I've been thinking about the 48 hr rule and locations that it may affect. The first place/location that came to mind as being impacted is the annual Willamette Valley Soaring Club's (http://www.wvsc.org) trip to the Alvord Desert. The nearest village is Fields, OR population 86. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields,_Oregon) To get to Fields from the soaring site one must drive about 35 to 40 miles on an unpaved road.

I find both the posting time and tow-distance rules prejudicial /exclusionary in nature. I wonder if there is/or could be a process for granting waivers for isolated locations and airfield located distances in excess of 15km away from lift.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com