FLARM.....for good, or evil??

On Oct 26, 9:03*pm, John Cochrane
wrote:
Are the pilots "idiots" and "undisciplined" because of the FALRM? *Or
are they "idiots" and "undisciplined" in spite of the FLARM?

Cookie

My sense is that pilots at the worlds were flying the way they always
do. We were treated to daily briefings by Brian Spreckley with traces
and horror stories of near misses and collisions from all over Europe,
in contests with majority Flarm usage.

"Idiot" is perhaps a bit strong, and I may have been hasty in applying
it to a fellow pilot. On the other hand, he did pass 10-20 feet over
the top of my glider in a large gaggle. Perhaps he never saw me as
well. "Undisciplined" does stick. Really, when you know there are
20-30 gliders cruising together, one guy turning to the left and the
other of the pair turning to the right sets up 30 gliders turning in
both directions. Lots of people ignored all standard thermal
etiquette.
...
John Cochrane

Heck, I've seen stuff like that in US contests *without* FLARM!

-- Matt

On Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:03:50 -0700 (PDT), John Cochrane
wrote:


"Idiot" is perhaps a bit strong, and I may have been hasty in applying
it to a fellow pilot. On the other hand, he did pass 10-20 feet over
the top of my glider in a large gaggle.


One pilot who I know very well told me that during a WGC when he was
competing for the first place (he was in the lead), one very-well
known competitor flew maneuvres that this pilot could only classify as
attempts to produce near-misses. Within half an hour they had two
near-misses with less than fifteen feet, both provoked by the same
pilot.

Then the pilot in question lost his nerves and broke off the flight.
The attacking pilot won the WGC.



Andreas