Brevet de pilote de planeur obtenu en 2001
So, I guess the "They should make Gliding/PPL/Aerobatics... a requirement" is not the solution, people can still freeze or get it wrong without training/practice.
Such a pity, fear brings with it terrible tunnel vision, compared to the high you get when you get to do what you have trained to do.
I have to believe that the AoA indicator would have made the difference, particularly if it was part of the 'primitive' panel, i.e., these are real, WYSIWYG, no translation, no airspeed indication just a piece of tin that says "this is the way the wind blows" . Sad