This will be my last post on this. Letters are not that big of a
hassle. Let's face it, they provide no tangible value and a program
letter will not prevent the kind of accident you described.

If someone builds a home-built then yes, I can see that it might be nice
if they crash within 20nm of their home airport, but for factory built
gliders the accident rate is almost entirely pilot error.

Anyway, it would sure be nice if the SSA could eliminate program letters
for factory built gliders. Nuf said.

Mark