Confusing SSA hand signals that should be changed

On Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 7:45:06 AM UTC+11, Chris Rowland wrote:
At 19:57 28 March 2018, S2 wrote:
The only justification for taking up slack with the wingtip on the ground
is that it leaves the wingrunner with both hands free to give that
much-deprecated stop signal.

As a towpilot, I'm very reluctant to take up slack while the wingtip is
on
the ground. It looks too much like a glider with nobody in it.

I'm with Evan on this one.


The UK BGA has specified a standard set of signals that make sense, work
and are used universally. They have the huge advantage that you can go to
a different club and get or help with a launch with minimal confusion or
misunderstanding.

There are differences between clubs, for example Sutton Bank use a separate
signaller while at Booker the wing runner does the signalling. The signals
are the same. We were able to adapt within a few seconds.

Doesn't the USA have something similar?

Chris

Aah, but you're in the UK. The USA is the land of individualism, where a nationally adopted procedure might be seen as some kind of socialist imposition :-)



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