On Oct 18, 9:23*am, Andy wrote:
On Oct 18, 7:57*am, JJ Sinclair wrote:

but the best one was, "My husband, Jim",

I can say with some certainty that would not have been my answer

Maybe this is really a 2 part question:

1. Who cares most about my safety?
2. Who is responsible for my safety?

The answer may not be the same.

Andy

Years ago I flew Point of the Mountain in Utah, back in my hang
gliding days. There was this hot pilot doing low lever aero and
general hot-dogging it a few hundred feet above launch. The only
"problem" was he was not wearing a helmet. After he top landed a few
of the locals went over to him and politely but firmly let him know
that helmets were required to fly there. He became very indignant and
somewhat verbally abusive to these guys and basically blew them off. I
was standing nearby after the guys walked away, I could hear him
muttering to himself sarcastically about how "nice" it was that
everyone was so concerned about his safety...........and blah blah
blah............anyways.........I do think he put a helmet on before
taking off again, which was a good thing, as before the day was over
he stuffed it in pretty good, taking out his control bar and whacking
his head pretty good.

My point................pretty sure the concern was not for this dudes
personal safety, but more for the preservation of the hang gliding
site.........pilots breaking site protocols are not
tolerated ........we are all free to choose what we want to do wrp to
safety, but when it jeopardizes our fellow pilots or by-standers, that
is another matter entirely.

Brad