I would create a label "union approved" for this along with a curriculum. We get a bunch of experts teaching the "know how's" to others.
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What do we want ?
Very often we see tasks set in bad weather conditions, flying the pilots through no landing zones, well known turbulent zones, etc...
Task setters, meet directors and safety directors are mostly orientated toward performance and not pleasure, mostly setting tasks for the top pilots and not taking into consideration the heterogeneity of pilot levels, even on CAT1 events.
Competition pilots will always be competitive pilots and will always try to push their limits in order to win. If a task is set, they will fly it even if they know it's a bad decision.
We need to find ways to organize competition safer.
Task setters, meet directors and safety directors are mostly orientated toward performance and not pleasure, mostly setting tasks for the top pilots and not taking into consideration the heterogeneity of pilot levels, even on CAT1 events.
Competition pilots will always be competitive pilots and will always try to push their limits in order to win. If a task is set, they will fly it even if they know it's a bad decision.
We need to find ways to organize competition safer.
How do we achieve that ?
Asking pilots to be careful will never really work but making competition a bit "stupid proof" will reduce considerably the risks.
Just a few exemples :
- choice of competition site (Saint André les Alpes - France for HG by exemple shouldn't be selected)
- Task setter / MD / SD training
- weather condition limits / Professionnal meteorologist on events or access to professionnal forecast
- No landing zones overfly prohibited (airspace file)
- Etc...
There are many other solutions to make a task safer and i am sure many of us have ideas !
Just a few exemples :
- choice of competition site (Saint André les Alpes - France for HG by exemple shouldn't be selected)
- Task setter / MD / SD training
- weather condition limits / Professionnal meteorologist on events or access to professionnal forecast
- No landing zones overfly prohibited (airspace file)
- Etc...
There are many other solutions to make a task safer and i am sure many of us have ideas !
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CIVL Delegate
Yes agreed ! I believe this should go with Toni's proposal here about MD training and minimal curriculum : https://gagglereport.org/node/18