Greg Arnold wrote:

So the SSA's decision to include or not on the webpage really is a
safety decision, and the SSA makes that safety decision on the basis of
whether the operation has enough sense to affiliate with the SSA?

Humor- and patience-deprived today are we, Greg?

I believe there are any number of good reasons -- from the economic, to the
practical, to the political. I wonder why you are so adamantly opposed to
the current revitalization of the SSA and the choices of it's leadership
that you can't give it a reasonable time to work out?

Huge changes, with limited resources, are afoot and the SSA needs to
apologize to no one for the progress we are currently making and that which
we can see not far off. Anything which shores up the current base is a good
choice.

There are those, both here and in the wider soaring community, that will
never get on board with the SSA, no matter what its future holds -- for
reasons I consider irrational, but that's just part of human nature. Whether
they are individuals, or clubs, or commercial operations, their inability or
unwillingness to be part of the solution doesn't really make them part of
the problem -- it just leaves them increasingly nowhere as the SSA's
momentum increases. Those less obtuse will, eventually, see the light. The
SSA would be doing its current and future membership no favors if it
legitimized the rest by including them.


Jack