Standardization in Slack Rope Recovery?

After we've been flying on our own for a
while, slack rope situations become very
rare (except on Condor with which I am
getting through a problematic
introduction).

Instructors of course encounter slack rope
situations more frequently with
magnitudes where many of us would have
yanked long before. Flying a CG hook my
hand is always on the release during tow.

My bigger concern is instructors that want
to see a fully developed spin before
recovery. That builds a muscle memory
that will have you smacking the ground if
you get an incipient in the circuit.

I have a thankfully very short list of
instructors I will not fly with.

The latest addition said some years ago
there was some unidentifiable concern he
"could not put [his] finger on".

On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 5:15:04 PM UTC-5, George Haeh wrote:
Flying a CG hook my
hand is always on the release during tow.

One of my hot button issues cockpit management issues...

Touching release, okay. Grasping release... not so much. Big gust, pilot bumps head, flinches, releases inadvertently. http://tinyurl.com/gm7mwms

For gliders like Ventus a/b and ASW-19&20 with release behind stick, make a loop of parachute cord, tie to release knob, lay across left leg. Easy to get to, less likely to cause problems.

best,
Evan Ludeman