Crestline Soaring Society

I heard that the T2 Pilot mentioned is a Billionaire and was going to donate 1.5 Million to the CSS Club. Now you pissed him off whining about ten dollars and won't ever be back.

No one's whining. I just have a tendency to say it like I see it. Others have thanked me for pointing out things that were also bugging them. I think that if visiting pilots are aware that we do check who pays and who doesn't the majority will pay. There will always be an exception. I'm pretty much done with it as it seems no one else cares, but when the monitor told the story and showed his disappointment I had to pass it on.

Look,

An honest mistake is an honest mistake. And, ten dollars is only ten dollars.

But...

A significant number of visitors have shirked us, enough that these threads are worthwhile, on top of the monitor's efforts.

Don't lose the faith, Tommy.

I think everyone should realize that the best way to avoid having to raise club dues down the road is to collect all of the dues now.

CSS provides the best LZ in the West with two great launches. $10 a day is a bargain, $100/year is even better.

And I know few put more than Mark into the place. Mark's always out working on the joint. Those efforts contribute to a LZ with 110v power, wireless internet, grass, water (sorta), and two crappers. If people don't want to pay dues, they can go land over by the off roaders.

Thanks for backing up the monitor, Tom.

My post for that dead beat was a twisted view of what is or could be. I did not mean to make it sound like you were complaining. I think he should have paid for the day use also. I was just thinking of how sometimes people who you think are bums turn out to be Billionaires. Like the one guy I heard about who lived on the street. When he died he donated tons of money to the homeless

I think the sign in / day use procedure should emphasize giving the pilot's name and being done before the flight, due to safety reasons.

If someone goes down, it may be helpful.

Then why doesn't everyone who intends to fly, sign-in? That way there's a record to reconcile w/ dues paying members and day-use visitors.

Let's say that a regular member shows up to fly and drives himself up to Marshall, expecting to either top land or get a body ride back to his/her vehicle. But they go long and don't have a retrieve or go down and are unable to get in contact by phone or radio. With a sign-in list, at least there'd be some record of who that was.

If there's going to be a sign-in for safety rule then wouldn't it be more effective if it was unilateral?

I think you've latched on to something that could save a life someday. We've all heard of the SCUBA diving party boats that head back to port after a day of diving leaving one diver in the water for a very long swim because the operator didn't reconcile who went out with who came in. General Aviation training streeses the importance of filing flight plans.

But I can't think of how we would administer it. We could check in(out) and check out(in) with the monitor ?

What about XC flights planned or unplanned?

We could make them mow the lawn with the sprinklers running.