On Feb 9, 6:28*am, "John Godfrey (QT)" wrote:
On Feb 9, 3:07*am, Sean Fidler wrote:

What if I have flown contests? *What if I havent? *Please define for us all in advance what that information does for you Eric.

In looking back through the Pilot Opinion Poll comment responses and
minutes of the Rules Committee meetings back to 2007 (on the SSA
site), I cannot find any instance where the issue of forbidding the
use of artificial horizons or turn & banks has been raised.

The RC makes great effort to seek considered pilot opinion formally as
part of the poll and informally via email submission. *All input is
reviewed and considered each fall, the minutes published, the proposed
rule changes published for comment, etc. etc.

This year we received exactly 2 comments on the rules changes.

The RC is not opposed to reviewing any rule, but deciding
instantaneously to throw out a long standing rule just because some
new instrument came along is not a good idea.

I can only conclude that this is really a case of being surprised to
find the rule exists.

I think that in I the quest for fairness that the rules for
motorglider engine use should also be rewritten to allow for use if
disabled for a period of 14 days.

It absolutely not fair that a motorglider can eliminate a potentially
all night retreive. Maybe we can cancel the next day if anyone have a
more than 4 hour retreive.

This would save the scorers time and contest officials a lot of time.

Is this more ridiculous than it appears a simple program change as was
done for motorgliders can solve this issue.

Richard