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On Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 2:30:04 PM UTC-4, Don Johnstone wrote:
At 03:44 25 June 2017, wrote:
The death toll doesn't match your hyperbole
How many pilots have to die before you act, give me a number.
Couple of posts back I suggested several acts that are more productive than squealing to the teacher. You want a number, I'll give you an equation: When the yearly towpilot death toll = the yearly glider pilot death toll. Glider pilot lives matter too. Simple solution is to write letters demanding the FAA ban gliding. All those glider pilot's lives and by default towpilot's lives saved. Brilliant. |
You are missing a point here Mr Ballou but I can't help but feel that missing the point is what you do best.
What a glider pilots does once off tow does not affect the tow pilot, what they do on tow does. Yes, gliders crash not infrequently resulting in the death of the pilot and occasionally a passenger but that is not the fault of the tow pilot, that is exclusively the fault of the glider pilot. When a tow pilot crashes as a result of a glider pilot's failure to stay in position I become concerned. When a device meant to give the tow pilot a fighting chance to survive does not work, is known to be prone to failure I take great exception. Does this not make sense to you?
If you wish to kill yourself that is your decision, fly on my friend, I shall not interfere. If you wish to kill me we will have conflict.
Walt