On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 10:25:37 PM UTC-7, Brian wrote:
Gary..
This is the requirement you are refering to...

(6) Within 24 calendar months before the flight has--

(i) Made at least three actual or simulated tows of a glider or unpowered ultralight vehicle while accompanied by a qualified pilot who meets the requirements of this section; or

(ii) Made at least three flights as pilot in command of a glider or unpowered ultralight vehicle towed by an aircraft.

this is for maintaining currency, and the operative word is "or".
Since I am an active glider pilot I went nearly 15 years before I ever did another checkout for towing, since I always remained current by making three flights as PIC of a glider. Most tow pilots will get current by doing 3 tows or simulated tows with another tow pilot.

Brian
CFIIG/ASEL

Ok, let's say all the tow pilots in the world became non-current; how does a tow pilot become current? There are no current tow pilots.

Another ridiculous situation: there are only 2 tow pilots in the country. One is current and the other is not. The non-current pilot is checked out by the current one with 3 simulated tows. Now the newly current pilot can check out the other one with another 3 simulated tows after, say, a 6 month period. This process gets repeated in perpetuity. Both pilots stay "current" w/o actually doing an actual tow!

This entire process seems incestual to me.

Tom