On 11/10/2011 7:06 AM, Dan Marotta wrote:

C'mon people - just fly the aircraft. Competence can never be replaced
by safety devices.

Maybe not this particular device, but we all should know that statement
is very wrong, and I don't want to discourage people from thinking about
better safety devices.

Step outside this little world of soaring, and think about why the
automobile fatality rate has dropped so much over the last 50 years. The
majority of the improvement comes from safety devices like divided
highways, seat belts, crush zones, and other improvements in safety devices.

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