Please qualify? Has it really, or is it the late field selection associated
with the below statement that has caused the crashes?

Low i.e. 500ft agl above a good pre-selected field, by an experienced pilot
in an aircraft they are familiar with is not unreasonable.

500ft having not considered the options and planned a field landing would
not be safe.

At 22:00 26 January 2018, John Cochrane wrote:


The purpose of the hard deck is not to prevent bad behavior. The purpose
is to remove the points incentive for very low thermaling, which has led
to
many crashes.

John Cochrane