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"Malcolm Austin" wrote in message ... Your comments fit in my own experience at a fairly small club I've spent most of my time at. With around 60 members there are only about 8 to 10 who are "cleared" for the winch. Instructors do not winch unless it's a special occasion or a really quiet day. There really isn't enough of them to waste on the winch anyway! Still, isn't it a good idea for an instructor to master the winch if only to teach it better from the other end of the wire? Putting someone on the winch for a full day has/is resulting in loosing these people to other activities (i.e. not gliding). The other problem with such a low number of trained people is that the winch duty comes around every 4 weeks. And also what happens is that if you turn up to fly and the duty man isn't there, you end up on the winch all day again. If you've gone to fly and end up working, it's extremely demotivating. Part of the problem is some winches are really uncomfortable to operate. To get winch drivers, make the winch driver seat the most comfortable one on the airfield. Enclose the cab, add heating and air conditioning or whatever creature comforts desired. Bill Daniels |
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