In article k.net,
Jim Newton wrote:
I found the U.S. FAA's letter on the subject!
http://www.ssa.org/ListGovtNewsDetail.asp?Action=&id=15
I'm told some FAA inspectors inquired about this and they didn't know why
signoffs were exempt! Shows that some gliding nuances are not well know by
our regulators.

I and my FAA CFI examiner were both unaware of this until pointed
out by some wonderful folks on RAS a while back.

Boy, talk about something to be grateful to the SSA for!
They really spearheaded this to make it not be
considered maintenance, and instead include it in the CFR
as a training item. The best upside of this is that
if the glider is misassembled, this is a pilot error, and
presumably covered by pilot insurance. Can you imagine
if it were considered maintenance, and perhaps not covered?
That'd suck.

Thanks to all the RAS guys that caught this for us, recently
and many years ago...and thanks to SSA! (at least in the USA :P)

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Mark Boyd
Avenal, California, USA