Jim indicated that it is his choice whether or not to carry an ELT, and it is
NOT the contest manager's responsibility to search and rescue, or body
recovery. The fact is that when a plane or boat goes missing, a whole lot of
assets and efforts go into trying to help / rescue the crew. That being said,
and since it is the individual pilot's responsibility to deny or accept
assistance, let all those pilots who opt NOT to be helped to have this
preference down in writing, notarized, etc...This in order to absolve everybody
else in the case of a mishap. We are a litigious society, and you can bet that
failing that, the grieving widow and children will sue the CAP, the local
sheriff, fire department, the contest organizers and manager and anyone else
within reach for noth having found the body sooner when there was still a
chance that the pilot might have been alive at the time of the accident.

Cheers anyhow,

Charles