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Old 10-25-2016 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by init4fun
Franklin , I thought the same thing when I saw the model roll right on past the stop sign , that right till the very end of the flight the guy broke the rules . Now as to talk of punishment , if there is such a thing as an AMA member Turbine waiver required to fly such a craft , there must also be some prescribed penalty for what happens when an AMA member flies a Turbine without a waiver , right ? I also gotta believe that if the field does require an AMA card to fly there that the field owner/management believes all who are flying there are following the AMA safety code while flying there , Surely they must have procedures in place to deal with safety violations , yes ?

And no , I'm not advocating the torches & pitchforks come out in force , unless once made publicly aware that the behavior on that video is unsafe the flyer refuses to renounce his actions . No one was hurt and with the idea being to keep anyone from getting hurt a stern reminder of the Safety Code should be enough to curtail the unsafe flight activities , and if not well then heck yes , THEN ya can "Book em , Dano" ...
I tend to be more "crush the offender" type. Just me, but I've been burned by trying to be nice in cases like this. The guy's flying was a pretty egregious violation of the rules. I think the system could tolerate one waiver being yanked. He can get it back, but he's going to have to EARN it.

The harder problem is how to address all the others who didn't intervene? One of many resources I often use is Kotter's Leading Change:

The eight stages are:
1. Establishing a sense of urgency (nothing like yanking a waiver)
2. Forming a powerful guiding coalition (under risk of being shut down)
3. Creating a vision (MA article contents)
4. Communicating the vision (MA & website publishing)
5. Empowering others to act on the vision (expectation for others to intervene)
6. Planning for and creating short-term wins (positive reinforcement during no-notice visits)
7. Consolidating improvements and producing still more change (TBD)
8. Institutionalizing new approaches (no-notice compliance checks)