Pace, sure I appreciate glider Pilots are trained to land in fields and have no engine power and also have air brakes and much lower landing speeds with greater glide ranges and are doing what they are designed to do.
I do not agree this is a fair comparison of your average PPL in a spam can (me included)
My point perhaps not made very well is that without an engine a normal SEP has much reduced and limited control would be a better way of saying it, ie you can not control exactly where you are going to end up and I think many misjudge it, usually with a bad outcome. I know that from doing my own PFL's and observing others, many seem to end up short of the anticipated landing area, combine that with challenging wind, visibility, adrenaline etc. In the heat of the moment in a real forced landing I bet decision making power and skill reduce dramatically.
I am just saying what my preference is with the tools I have available to me and what I have trained to use.
I totally agree with investing time and money in basic recurrent training which again my personal observation is the majority do not.
[QUOTE]Get away from this modern mentality of creating aircraft drivers and back to creating pilots again?[QUOTE]
What is wrong with using Modern mentality? if the tools exist why not use them ?
When you say creating pilots again I must say looking over the years at accidents with or without modern tools it is generally the pilot error or decision making that causes the fatality.
Given the choice, Twin, Single whatever if BRS was an option I would have it on board.