On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:56:22 -0700 (PDT), Marc
wrote:

One group of pilots here in the US believe that they are sufficiently
trained to avoid making the stupid errors[.....]
result in soaring being safer than any other form of aviation, at
least for the 100 or so pilots left.
[...]
The obvious solution, of course, is for the pilots in the first group
to convince the pilots in the second group to retire from soaring ;^)


Occasionally, also some of the most experienced and safest pilots
(based on a long, immaculate safety record), crash.
Too much confidence, too small safety margins (margins? doh!), or just
a plain, simple lapse of the moment.
This can happen to anyone, and that's when we need margins. Most
probably, we will not be grateful to those safety margins, as we won't
recognize they saved us on that occasion.

aldo cernezzi