notme wrote:

Any certificated pilots should have the skills to execute
either a normal or a soft release.

(an) instructor...insists that you...perform normal releases
on all aircraft...and I think he is uncomfortable with the
concept of a soft release because it lacks the positive
confirmation that release has actually occurred.

_Positive_ confirmation is seeing the rope fall away from the glider,
and it works for any release, soft or hard.

As a tow pilot I prefer a normal release, and a glider pilot who gains
separation after release with an obvious, but not a dramatic, maneuver.
No rush, no mistakes, no confusion, no frightening the tug driver.


Jack