At 21:15 30 January 2009, Jim Beckman wrote:
At 19:23 30 January 2009, Andreas Maurer wrote:

In my club:
Unlimited number of flights and hours, typically the fleet of 7
gliders does around 2.100 flights per year with about 1.700 hrs in
average.
In average 85-90 active pilots.

So that sounds like around 12 active pilots per glider, with unlimited
hours. How do you manage contention for the gliders on the weekends?

Jim Beckman

Many European clubs have a ballot for the club gliders with a limit on the
time you can local soar, although cross-countries are unlimited. If you
don't *win* a glider in the ballot, and you don't mind waiting around
for a few hours you can usually get to fly later on in the day. The worst
case scenario is everyone flying off cross-country and landing out, in
which case you will be a 'crew'. Usually a good way of getting a meal
and some free beers though, and you will build up some 'credit' for when
you land out.

Derek Copeland