CIVL Delegate
Discipline
Paragliding XC
What went wrong ?
Building the Fatality list it appears a big proportion of fatal accident happened during World Championships while at the same time they statistically represent a single event every 2 years in a middle of hundreds of others. The specificity of the format could be creating accident by following ways :
- Heterogeneity. Semi professional pilots versus weekenders competing on cutting edge technologie for a high level comp doesn't seem like a good idea.
- High expectations : Organisation believing they deal with "the best pilots in the world", and willing to showcase a very high level event with high flying rate.
- Nation représentation and team flying : I would do things for my team mates and for my flag I wouldn't do alone.
- Long comps : more tireness.
- Politics and rules application : Sometimes differing from other Comps.
- Heterogeneity. Semi professional pilots versus weekenders competing on cutting edge technologie for a high level comp doesn't seem like a good idea.
- High expectations : Organisation believing they deal with "the best pilots in the world", and willing to showcase a very high level event with high flying rate.
- Nation représentation and team flying : I would do things for my team mates and for my flag I wouldn't do alone.
- Long comps : more tireness.
- Politics and rules application : Sometimes differing from other Comps.
What would you propose ?
Some of the differences above cannot be fixed easily, but most are linked to the format and sélection process in the world championships. I suggest a refundation toward less heterogeneity, a clear séparation in Team and individual, maybe shortened a bit too etc.
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