You initial statement when the evidence is presented and understood correctly you may find is falsely assumed.
As Simon pointed out, ensure you have all the evidence before you assume a conclusion. Get the data as it been gathered, then resume this discussion and see if you are chasing the right devil. > On 4 Mar 2016, at 11:14 AM, DMcD <slutsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> "More people die in comps than during non-competition flying" > >>> I do not think you can defend this statement with numbers. > > OK, perhaps a bit of clarification is needed. It's probable that the > statistics overall are not enough to prove anything one way or > another. However… > > There have been a significant number of accidents and fatalities in > the last few years during comps which were related a style of flying > which is unique to comps… low finishes. This type of accident is rare > or non-existent outside comp flying. > > Mid-air collisions were common in gliding a decade and more ago. FLARM > and better rules appear to have lowered this risk to acceptable > standards (except perhaps in GP style racing.) > > It's possible, by changing the finish rules, to reduce the accidents > relating to low finishes. Why not do it? > > There are a significant number of non-comp pilots who would fly comps > if the perceived risks were lower. A number of these people are not > comps averse… they regularly do things like sailing comps. > > And I don't think you could compare gliding with motorcycle riding > (racing maybe). In terms of deaths per hundred thousand rider or comp > pilot hours, you'd find a difference of several orders of magnitude. > We have what… 2500 pilots active in Australia? And how many die each > year? 1-2? > > D > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
