Gliders & Parachutes
Having been gliding once a few years back I thought I may give it a go again, anyway looking at a few schools in and around London / The South East, I noticed a decent number (yet not all) of schools say everyone must wear parachutes.
Given I've never seen this for microlights or light aircraft, is there any particular reason behind this, i.e. are gliders more susceptible to structural failures or something like that? I presume that's not the case, but I wasn't sure what the answer was.
Or is it simply a case of, for whatever reason the gliding community simply has an additional safety requirement in place?