Originally Posted by
Momoe
I would say that Class G airspace is a lottery with no winners, it's ridiculous that I could be thermalling, potentially in cloud with no transponder and sharing the same airspace with a FJ doing 500ft a second.
Originally Posted by
just another jocky
It's like trying to hold a conversation with children.
Indeed - the though of operating in cloud without a procedural clearance or a radar service is abhorrent to professional aviators. Yet some in the glider community think it is fine to gamble with their live and those of others just to have fun.
There are far too many glider pilots who like to hunt through rules, regulations and laws and any time they find the word 'glider' missing they take as approval to do what they like.
If you cannot maintain safe separation from other aircraft then you are operating illegally. There is zero point learning the rules of the air and who has right of way if you cannot see where you are going and not receiving an appropriate radar service.