USA 2013 Proposed Competition Rules Changes Available

On Monday, January 7, 2013 10:05:47 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sunday, January 6, 2013 3:02:08 PM UTC-5, John Godfrey (QT) wrote:

The proposed changes to the 2013 competition rules are posted on the SSA website.



http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2013...%20Summary.pdf







The deadline for comments to the Rules Committee is January 18, 2013.







For the committee,



John Godfrey (QT)



John,



The proposed rules state that the race ends at the edge of the finish cylinder. I know there has been some interest in eliminating the requirement for a landing back at the launch airport. Will this change eliminate that requirement as per 11.2.2.4?





Lane

XF

There was lively discussion about this in the RC meeting. In theory, once the race ends it shouldn't matter where you land. However, an RC member pointed out that there have been instances where a convenient field next to the contest site did not welcome gliders and that we would be inviting problems to remove the land at the airport requiremet. So the decision for now was to retain the requirement to still land at the contest site, but not because it is part of the race per se.

QT

On Monday, January 7, 2013 10:00:54 AM UTC-6, John Godfrey (QT) wrote:
On Monday, January 7, 2013 10:05:47 AM UTC-5, wrote: On Sunday, January 6, 2013 3:02:08 PM UTC-5, John Godfrey (QT) wrote: The proposed changes to the 2013 competition rules are posted on the SSA website. http://www.ssa.org/files/member/2013...%20Summary.pdf The deadline for comments to the Rules Committee is January 18, 2013. For the committee, John Godfrey (QT) John, The proposed rules state that the race ends at the edge of the finish cylinder. I know there has been some interest in eliminating the requirement for a landing back at the launch airport. Will this change eliminate that requirement as per 11.2.2..4? Lane XF There was lively discussion about this in the RC meeting. In theory, once the race ends it shouldn't matter where you land.. However, an RC member pointed out that there have been instances where a convenient field next to the contest site did not welcome gliders and that we would be inviting problems to remove the land at the airport requiremet. So the decision for now was to retain the requirement to still land at the contest site, but not because it is part of the race per se. QT

Then tell the pilots that they probably shouldn't land in that field.

There was lively discussion about this in the RC meeting. In theory,
once the race ends it shouldn't matter where you land. However, an RC
member pointed out that there have been instances where a convenient
field next to the contest site did not welcome gliders and that we would
be inviting problems to remove the land at the airport requiremet. So
the decision for now was to retain the requirement to still land at the
contest site, but not because it is part of the race per se.

QT


Please allow for the organizers to put specific fields in local
procedures instead making it a blanket rule. Most of the rules are
written to promote safety and reduce the temptation for unsafe
behaviour. In my opinion this rule encourages unsafe behaviour as the
pilot is enticed to land at the airport to get speed points regardless
of the situation. Yes, while sitting at my computer I can say that if
forced with the decision I would choose flight safety over points, land
at the safest location and then launch a protest with the CD, but why
make that part of the equation at all?

Cheers,
Luke Szczepaniak