Glider Safety

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:53:31 -0800 (PST), bildan
wrote:


I second the recurrent training idea.

This IS a very good idea.

But, look at what happened in the last few years in Switzerland.
There, no medical was required from glider pilots, after the first and
only examination as the licence is released. It was in fact a "once in
a lifetime" exam.

After a series of gliding accidents where elderly pilots were
involved, and the suspect is that at least one of two of them were
incapacitated before the crash occurred... And considering that one of
such crashes happened unfortunately in a public garden... A
periodical medical review is now compulsory in Switzerland.

Aldo Cernezzi