On Mar 15, 1:30*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Mar 15, 11:50*am, Wojciech Scigala wrote:

Hello!

What does it take to became a IGC's Official Observer in your country?
Are any courses, trainings, exams organised? Are there any documents
regulating this?

Thanks for all replies.

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Your local NAC may have some formal requirement. It is not clear what
country you are in. Why do you care about other countries?

In the USA the SSA requirments for an OO are listen on the SSA web
site and are

"In the United States, the SSA has established the following
requirements for a person to act as an Official Observer (OO) for any
FAI Badge or Record flight or SSA State Record or Awards flight:

* *1. Must hold at least an SSA B Badge or higher SSA Badge (C or
Bronze Badge), or a leg of an FAI Badge (e.g., Silver Altitude) or
completed FAI Silver, Gold or Diamond Badge.
* *2. Must have a working knowledge of the FAI Sporting Code as it
pertains to gliders (Section 3) including Annex C which is a guide to
the Code.
* *3. Must be an SSA Member.
* *4. An Airport Manager may also act as an Official Observer."

The SSA B etc. badge requirements are a pretty low/trival barrier to
pass. The most important requirement is to understand the FAI Sporting
Code, mostly Section 3, and Annex C, and the Flight Recorder approval
document for the recorder in use (if any). In the USA the SSA
requirements for being an OO are listed on the SSA web site

I would hazard a guess that the next issue beside understanding the
rules is one of pilot and OO preparation (i.e. both having discussed
plans and requirements before standing in front of the glider about to
launch). The OO should have an attitude of while helping the pilot
clarify things that the pilot really needs to prove to the OO that
they met the record or badge requirements. I suspect some OO's see
their jobs as merely being a witness and shuffling paper. I get
frustrated when I see or hear about thinks like an OO not even
bothering to open a flight recorder IGC file to inspect a flight trace
or validate the security seal before shuffling that off the some poor
NAC official just to waste their time.

Darryl

I've heard the FAI/IGC is considering raising the bar a bit on vetting
OO's for world records.

Frank Whiteley