On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:59:46 +0200, Andreas Maurer wrote:

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:17:07 -0700 (PDT), "noel.wade"
wrote:

I'm not thrilled about the OLC changes; but I have a question: How much
does the SSA (or do USA pilots) contribute to running the OLC - in terms
of $$ or equipment?

If its funded primarily by the Germans then we're kind of stuck with
their rules, since we're partying on their system. We may not like it,
but its not "ours", so we can't control it or expect the owners to
necessarily accommodate our wishes. :-/

--Noel
P.S. I know that some of us have made donations to the OLC. However,
$5 donations by a couple-hundred US pilots do not count much towards the
operating costs of the whole OLC system; especially given the exchange
rate the last couple of years!

Hi Noel,

don't worry - us Germans are much more pi**ed off about the OLC
rulemaking than you guys on your side of the big pond.

So far noone in Germany was able to influence OLC rulemaking, although
quite a few rule changes are necessary to make the majority of gliders
competitive again (the current index calculation clearly favours gliders
with a high index and an engine).


Example:
Taking a closer look, many rules (index calculation, removing of a
return-bonus) are tailor-made for 18m motorgliders, rendering club-class
gliders without an engine chanceless. These rules were introduced after
the OLC guys had bought 18m self-launchers...

Maybe if you spoke to John Bridge you could get hold of a copy of the
software used for the BGA league and run your own.


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