Groups

To design a clear, practical and resilient framework that defines the legitimacy, protection, and continuity of leaders and moderators within the Pilot Union.

This working group is triggered by the potential withdrawal of Julien Garcia under external pressure, highlighting the need for governance mechanisms that prevent such vulnerabilities in the future.

The group will focus on:

Defining precise roles and responsibilities for leaders and moderators.

Establishing a regular individual community voting process (mandate confirmation and recall vote) to ensure democratic legitimacy.

Creating protection mechanisms against external pressure, personal attacks, or conflicts of interest.

Implementing a backup system ensuring continuity if a leader or moderator becomes temporarily unavailable or steps down.

This framework aims to make the Pilot Union durable, independent, and resilient.

We need to rethink harness back protectors. Over the last few years, the top competition scene has moved to 6 cm Koroyd protectors, and pilots are getting injured.

My proposals:
Step 1: Require a protector standard which is actually protecting pilots, backed by science. The current EN test is not, neither is the new EN draft. This must have jerk measurement.

Step 2: If weight equalizers become mandatory, compensate for those harnesses which decide to use thicker protectors for heavier pilots.

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Background:

- The current EN standard is inadequate. So is the new, draft version. Both standards fail to measure for jerk and use an incorrect testing direction.

- Koroyd is a poor material for back protection. For years, people have raised concerns about Koroyd, reporting multiple incidents where pilots broke vertebrae while the Koroyd protector remained intact.

- If EN certification included jerk testing, Koroyd would be immediately disqualified as a material for back protectors due to its rigid nature.

- Modern competition harnesses weight 8 kg yet provide the worst protection from all harnesses on the market. Meanwhile 2 kg H&F harnesses (like Skywalk RXA3) have some of the best protectors ever made, but are less aerodynamic in shape.

- Pilots of different weights require protectors with different materials or thicknesses.
a. With foam protectors, heavyweight pilots were more susceptible to injury
b. With Koroyd, lightweight pilots are more at risk

=> A 2x heavier pilot need about 1.4x protector thickness, or different material.
For example, to have the same performance from the same material:
a. 50 kg pilot - 10 cm protector
b. 100 kg pilot - 14 cm protector

Interactive Harness Back Protector Visualizer website:
https://harnessvis.hyperknot.com/

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Provide a fatality list in the union website

Grab automated datas from task and help other proposal being data oriented

Deliver a CIVL Sport Class that define what a Sport Class paraglider is

To create a platform to collect and analyze incidents and accidents from Cat 1 and Cat 2 FAI competitions.
To adopt Free Flight Just Culture to foster a openness, learning, and fairness across free flight.

Prepare rules and specification of the Official CIVL Ranking of Competition Organizers and Meet Directors

To officially register the pilot union as a non-profit organization to support and define:

1. Legitimacy and Recognition
2. Legal and Financial Framework
3. Funding and Resources
4. Representation and Influence
5. Structure and Continuity

Change the WPRS formula to calculate a pilot’s points based only on the competitors they outperform, rather than all participants

Review drastically CIVL Internal regulations to bring more democracy and ethics in the governance. Ensure an effective spread of powers in between Politics and Bureau's member duties and technical part which include events management, jury participation and steward attendance.