The SSA-OLC

I heartily thank Doug Haluza and Paul Remde and the others involved with
SSA-OLC governance for upholding the integrity of the contest in the
USA, for protecting the accomplishments of those pilots who fly within
the rules of the FAA and the OLC, and for helping us to weed out those
who are non-compliant and disrespectful of both the contest and of their
fellow pilots.

I regret the fact that there will always be a few who resist doing the
right thing, apparently simply because they can. The OLC is like any of
us -- growing, changing, and with the help of others, improving. I know
from my own experience that our OLC reps have helped the OLC to become
more responsive and less opaque to its participants.

I support the efforts of our SSA-OLC Committee to maintain and improve
the contest experience. I detest the often unreasonable and occasionally
vituperative exchanges on this list generated by those with no real ax
to grind except that which apparently arises from some personal
emotional difficulty more properly dealt with in private counseling.


Jack