When is too many at a glider meet

On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 10:18:48 PM UTC-7, 2G wrote:
On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 10:08:24 PM UTC-7, Darryl Ramm wrote:
On Friday, July 10, 2015 at 9:40:30 PM UTC-7, 2G wrote:
Boy, is this a tough crowd!

For the record, the number of 80 entrants was from someone participating in the event, but they expected some no-shows. So I do not apologize for that information.

Second, I didn't make a "thinly veiled" criticism of the event, I DIRECTLY criticized it!

Third, calling me a "troll" or an "asshole" or whatever is childish and reflects much more on the author than myself. Get real, try being an adult for a change!

Finally, only one of you, indirectly, addressed the original question: how many is too many? Having an efficiently run organization has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with this issue!! That only means the gliders are launched faster; once they are in the air the event organizer is out of the picture.. Most of you guys are trying to defend Bruno - that IS NOT the issue! The issue is how many gliders can a site accommodate safely. And the Big Sky theory is BUNK! You get a marginal day and that theory is out the window. And on good days it is bunk as well; lift organizes itself into streets that pilots fly at high speed at each other.

Safety just doesn't seem to be a high priority here - one of my detractors here has been "disinvited" from an airport for repeated unsafe flying practices.

Okay, fire away, I can take it.

Tom

Uh oh. He's found the caps lock key.

Come on Darryl, is that your BEST comeback? No "asshole" or "jerk" or "idiot" pejorative? Really, you can do BETTER!

I think everybody here takes the asshole, jerk and idiot part as given....

I think everybody here takes the asshole, jerk and idiot part as given.....

Well, I guess that was your BEST comeback! Good luck next time!

Ramy,

What you are saying, as I see it, is that FLARM permits a higher density of gliders than without. In general, I agree with that. I would like to see pilot reports of how FLARM worked out at this event. My general safety approach, for an idiotic assholic jerk, is that you MUST error on the side of safety. Personally, I would put the number at 40, but at least you gave me a number unlike the rest.

Tom