At 12:32 14 January 2017, Jock Proudfoot wrote:
At 11:10 14 January 2017, RuudH wrote:
Op donderdag 12 januari 2017 15:13:23 UTC+1 schreef krasw:
There was a mid-air collision in 18m class today. Both damaged
gliders
returned to airfield.
This the work of an ethics committee.

1) It is hard to argue that someone who gives up their race to assist
another pilot in mortal trouble isn't doing the right thing

2) It is also hard to argue that the organisation that decides to cancel
the race because said pilot gave up his race for noble reason and was so
disadvantaged isn't doing the right thing

yet note that the rules say that pilots involved in a mid air must suffer
a technical land out at that point. I was not present in this rule making
but presume that the reasoning is that this rule discourages pilots from
continuing in potentially lethally compromised gliders. It also has a
deterrent effect on rash pilot behaviour as the penalty is very high, even
if not to life and limb.

so

3) It is therefore possible to argue that the organisers who cancel the
task, remove the points downside to the pilots from unsafe flying and that
is wrong.

Better to find a way to reward the good shepherd for his proper and
humane decision?

Always controversial, not always correct
Jim