Mach Buffet,
Being on an IFR flight plan does not absolve a flight crew from the responsibilities of lookout.
Anytime any aircraft on any flight plan is in VMC, the flight crew are required to keep an adequate lookout.
There is no getting round the fact that gliders have right of way and as I pointed out in my last post, it is not up to the glider pilot to avoid you but for you to avoid the glider.
Unfortunately, your attitude to the equipment on your aircraft and your unwillingness to maintain an adequate lookout can only be compared to the Captain of the Titanic.
Aviate, Navigate, Communicate.
Still think that the whole topic was started as a Ryanair swipe because firstly of the ill informed information in the initial post and secondly French regional aircraft fly to all sorts of regional airports in France and have done so for years yet for some reason they never got a mention. Funny that.
Regards,
DFC