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Old 12-27-2013 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by nachman4859
After reading your post , I just have one advice . myself been cd , president , and vice for my car club , and airplane club, I have been in the middle of similar and various variations of the same problem . One a senior officer doing flying detrimental to the club , safety rules , our insurance , ect, and no one opens their mouth because who he is . Then and only then it is the responsibily of all other senior officers to let him know , without ruffling feathers , it's political , it has to do with pecking order , all clubs have them , yes, he is setting a bad example but because of who he is , no one says a word. I have been able to resolve this believe it or not with humor. And a nudge about hey are you trying to give those guys a new haircut. Or did your wife have you in the doghouse. Cause your flying angry. Are you trying to win all the trophies this year? Hey let me help you get the spider that crawled up your pants out , it's messing up your flying , He will get the message , take him to the side , don't yell at him , ask him to help you with something. Get him to land , I have resolved a lot of issues like this with humor , with diplomacy , even arguments between flyers . After all we are supposed to be having fun , aren't we. Thanks Nachman.
You are very right...a little humor can do miracles but may take more time than is available during an event. Although not an AMA CD, I have no problem talking to another man like a man about their flying. I have had the need, as just a regular guy to ask someone to modify their flying some...and guess what??? Never a problem having them alter their "style" once given real reasons as to why a change should be made.

I have had to take action even when the actual safety coordinator was just talking crap (little girl crying) with his buds about what he will do...pathetic!