On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 11:33:22 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Jonathan, go spend all the money you like but stop lecturing and second-guessing others. You subtly apply your standards to everyone else criticizing their choices and trumpeting your own. And don't call me cheap, I beg of you. Reread you post, it comes across as pretty arrogant.

I do not recall mentioning you by name. Thou dost protest too much! How do you put a price tag on safety? I certainly am not arrogant, suffered too much humility in my life for that! Again it comes back to who is responsible for our safety, we all are. I merely stated that $1400 for a strobe on a new glider seems to be money well spent for the purchaser and others that share the same airspace. If you are already spending $150,000 plus, that is less than 1 percent the total cost. As for cheap soaring pilots, this is not news, see sentence above. There is a big difference between cheap and being on a budget. I know what it is like to scrape together enough money for an activity. But I am also practical enough to know to enhance safety in an already dangerous sport.

One more thought, why would you let someone steal your peace, if you do not like the point of view I am sharing (not lecturing) then don't read it, certainly don't take the time to mis-infer and then post a comment directly lecturing me on your mis-interpretation of my post. As for second guessing it is called non-linear thought and sometimes we ALL need the thoughts of another to help us through some fixed thinking. It is called sharing ideas. I am on this site to learn from others and I contribute when I think I have something to add, I never chastise someone for their thoughts nor have I ever lectured another!

namaste