On Friday, October 11, 2019 at 7:14:17 AM UTC-7, John Cochrane wrote:
Back to the thread, I hope everyone took the time to fill in a comment to the FAA on this. I did. The main point, I think, is to make them aware of the vast amount of glider traffic through this MOA, which they are probably not aware of at all. I pointed them to OLC, but if someone more energetic than me wanted to put some facts traces and numbers together it might be more persuasive. In any case, regulators do track public comments, and they become part of the public record. If there are incidents, it is much better if we can point to hundreds of "we told you so" warnings.

John Cochrane

They likely don't care about glider traffic thru the proposed MOA, which they are currently flying in anyway. A "told you so" mentality is childish - you are still required to observe VFR rules (as are they), namely "see and be seen." Sure you can comment, but I guarantee this will have zero affect on their decision (they are merely going thru the regulatory steps that is mandated). Equip your gliders with a transponder and PowerFlarm (if you haven't already done so), which will alert you to other targets.

Tom