Whats obsurd is someone who doesnot want to learn every skill he needs to have in order to fly efficiently and safely. For glider flying that includes how to make safe low level saves. That is unless the glider pilot is one of those guys who is content to just float around at the top of the house thermal all afternoon.

Thats ok if thats his/her only ambition, but it has been my experience that that is the guy who spins in turning on his final approach. I stay miles away from those guys. They are also the guys who are a pain when in a gaggle.. Their eyes are glued to their airspeed indicator, oblivious to whats going on around them, these are the guys who refuse to even entertain any advice as to how to fly better. Those are the guys that make it tough on all the rest of us who are trying our best to be not only safe but also efficient.

Those are the guys who like to make "arbitrary" rules on how to fly which they want to apply to the rest of us. Those rules end up being useless at trully promoting safety as they are based on the limited experience of the rule makers, coming out of either ignorance, or fear, or both.

I am not directing this at you Flubber, i am just relating an opinion based out of my own experience with dealing with and conversing with the guys holding these "dont ever thermal low" perspectives.