Thanks Tatoo, but thats kinda why I'm asking the question. If the flightline is safer than your average sunday afternoon sport flying, why bother with them. How are they adding to the safety of the sport? Has it reduced the number of head wounds recieved during combat? Was there an incident or incidents that initiated this rule?

I'm all for doing what we can for safety but it seems all too often we focus on the things that seem obvious and really don't do anything. I see the same thing every month when I sit in on my companies safety committee meetings.

I know this rule isn't going to go away. It's just one of those things I don't see much sense for and had to ask "WHY?".

Thanks again,
Marty