Interesting responses.

Obviously, some more experienced pilots are comfortable setting up a
new task inflight. I'm not too bothered by it myself, I practice with
my systems so I can retask quickly and minimize time heads-down.

It's the "other" guy I worry about!

But it still seems like the way we do it now not the safest way to do
it - especially at regionals - by definition "training" races. Perhaps
some guidelines for airborne retasks would be a start? To try to avoid
the need to completely reprogram the whole task while gaggling in 1
knot and 1/2 mile vis?

Heck, if the conditions are so bad that the A, B, or C task have to be
dropped, then you probably should bail to a PST anyway! Now that's
easy to retask!

With all the recent emphasis on "safety" (ELTs, 500' finishes, etc) I
just figured it was open season to discuss any area that could be
potentially dangerous. I guess some guys like playing with their
computers more than flying their gliders!

Anyway, I'm curious about how other countries handle this issue (I
think we've heard from the Brits?).

Kirk
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