You can't fly a glider the way airlines fly. Airline pilots flying
general aviation aircraft on their days off have the same accident rate
as nonairline pilots. I'm not defending ****ty flying, just pointing out
that the airline model is not applicable outside of the airlines. From
being around the reckless fringes of aviation I think the only method
that improves safety is mockery and social shame. Don't help pilots hide
their stupid, instead openly mock poor piloting decisions. Safety
through bullying. Yes it is unpleasant, that is why it works.

Maybe a feature of each pilots meeting could be an evaluation of the
previous day's landouts (ideally with a projector). I gotta think some of
my patterns would've been better if I knew everyone would be analyzing it
the next day. We could even hand out gold stars.

"Safety through bullying"...haw! (IMO, on-target peer pressure ain't bullying.)

Semantics aside, peer pressure and Darwinism - damn powerful forces!
Resistance is futile!!!

Bob W.

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