On Aug 22, 5:50*pm, Cookie wrote:
On Aug 22, 8:33*pm, Ramy wrote:





On Aug 22, 5:19*pm, Cookie wrote:

On Aug 22, 9:44*am, JJ Sinclair wrote:

OK Cookie, you don't like my Safety Alert idea. What actions would you
take to counter the recent rash of soaring accidents?
JJ

Well I can't counter the recent rash of accidents because they have
already happened......unless I get a time machine.

But I can point out actions to prevent pilots form repeting those
errors. *Most pilots are already doing preventitive measures, which is
simply a part of being a pilot and taking responsibility.

So lets take the recent incidents one by one, starting with the "low
pass" incident.

Solution: Don't do low passes!

JJ, that is the short answer and sums it up....and insures 100%
accident free due to low passes.....

If you don't understand this answer....I can give you the long version
if you wish. *Or we *can move on the another incident...

Cookie

Cookie, isn't this exactly what JJ was suggesting?? Reminding people
the dangers of low pass so they will avoid doing this?
Same goes for the rudder signal, low rope break etc. Remind people the
risks and consequences so hopefully someone else will avoid the same
mistake. There are still many pilots out there who live under a rock
and believe that soaring is safer than driving to the airport.
The SSF and the rest of us should discuss accidents so we all try to
learn something and remind ourself of the many ways we can kill
ourself.

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Ramy do you really need "reminding" to realize that low passes are
dangerous?

So a guy gets killed doing a low pass....Do you need the SSA, *FAA,
NTSB, and whoever else to tell you "Don't do that".

I mean really, we are supposedly trained, experienced pilots..with
some degree of intellegence and common sense.

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Yes, I need a reminder of what can go wrong (such as missinterpreting
tow plane signal), and so do most people, but espcially those who dont
read RAS, don't subscribe to any discussion group, live under a rock
as far as what is going on in the soaring world, and all they know
about soaring is what their instructor tell them and maybe what they
read in the soaring magazine. Many of them truely believe that soaring
is safer than driving to the airport, so what could possibly go wrong?
I know many such pilots, and I admit I was one of them when I started
soaring way back then. I was truely shocked the first time I heard
about a fatality.

Ramy