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Hello:
Thanks for the article and notice. We were up (whole family went out) and saw the event. We took some photos with a good camera. It was pretty neat.
Regards,
Rich
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So far, I have 1 person interested in the free training and certification. Anyone else interested?
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Rich
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I am interested but obviously since its Mother’s Day can not stay all day. The morning is better for scheduling purposes.
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Rich
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If my new schedule allows I would like to fly Sunday. I am now occupied looking at the trees budding, flowers blooming, and plywood sprouting up on the stores.
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Rich<div dir=”ltr”>Hello:</div>
<div dir=”ltr”>Can someone publish the minutes/notes of the meeting? I am on standby for work today. Thanks.</div>
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<div dir=”ltr”>Rich</div>Hello:I do not ask for a penny for anything, including instructing. I am a FAA advanced ground instructor, CPR/AED Instructor, Gracie Survival Tactics Jui Jitsu instructor*, legal instructor for misdemeanor prosecutions, instructor on how to do civil mental health commitments regarding critical incidents in Illinois and mentor for criminal investigators and a mentor to a digital forensics master’s program student. My job pays me well and in return I am “barred” from outside employment. I can volunteer some time to causes or clubs but can not ask for credit, discounts, or money. I am willing to help SSI in ground instructing, wing running, lawn mowing, cleaning, assembly, etc.As a sport pilot airplane pilot gaining experience in flying gliders I do not mind paying an instructor fee and it does not bother me if they get credits up to 100% of their membership. The other way would be to pay the club for the launch and separately/privately pay the instructor for their time. I realize I am a charming guy and the instructors should pay me for my company but they also deserve some compensation for their job. As an add on pilot I could not teach myself and also rely on either ground launch or tow pilots to get me into the air. I agree that mowing the lawn, keeping the aircraft maintained and in compliance, cleaning, ordering supplies, etc. is also important. Sky soaring allows me to fly a glider and relax. I know that I am not the typical add on pilot who just wants a rating ASAP and then goes away. I enjoy flying with the instructors and when I they have enough of me they send me up in the 1-26 for some peace.I do not have the answers as to how to compensate the lawn mowing, cleaning, etc. We are a club and together can come up with a solution that offers a balance to encouraging people to become instructors and instructing and tow pilots and keeping others engaged in the other vital duties of running the club. In the future I can become an sport pilot glider flight instructor and teach for free but there are no sport pilot glider instructor DPEs in the area and SSA as a national organization is not supportive of sport pilots for some reason. With that said, I appreciate the daily work of everyone in the club and hope we can come up with equitable compensation for all who go above and beyond. Peace.Regards,Rich
*Gracie Survival Tactics (GST) is a revolutionary defensive tactics system based on Gracie Jiu-Jitsu that incorporates time-tested techniques into an easy-to-learn system designed to help officers humanely prevail against larger and stronger opponents. In sport jiu-jitsu practice, the tap-out matters; in a fight for your life against an aggressive subject, it doesn’t. For law enforcement professionals, we understand that victory isn’t achieved until you neutralize the threat and apprehended the suspect.Andy:
Thanks for the link to the interesting report. I was surprised to learn that the glider has not been supported by the factory for about 40 years, that the pilot may have had a dependency on pain killers, and that the assembly was not properly done.
Regards,
Rich
Hello Steve:
Thanks for your quick and sensible reply. As a staunch sport pilot advocate I do note that the FAA says a sport pilot certificate is not a student pilot certificate. I was happy to finally see an article in Soaring magazine regarding the sport pilot certificate this month.
At least everyone knows that the new rules are being read and discussed. Can a change be made to include sport pilot? That certificate has been around for at least a decade. (I will leave the topic of ultralight gliders alone since the FARs require no training for them.)
Regards,
Rich