Continuing Saga of Weak Link and Release Mechanism Failures
Warren Narron - 2012/03/06 02:26:04 UTC
Tad, used to post about as nice as anyone and nicer than some. Remember?
You don't know me, Bob. You're a pathological liar and you don't even know yourself. You've got a real loose grip on reality.Bob Kuczewski - 2012/03/06 03:33:13 UTC
That must have been long before I knew him.
1. Too bad you didn't make a point of specifically both seeking out AND finding people who knew what the fuck they were doing and talking about.When I started the US Hawks, I made a point of specifically seeking out and finding people who'd been mistreated by USHPA or Davis or Jack because I wanted the US Hawks to be a more inclusive organization.
2. So if you were specifically seeking out and finding people who'd been mistreated by USHPA or Davis or Jack because you wanted the US Hawks to be a more inclusive organization, how come you're so deeply in bed with a piece of shit like Sam who gets along just great with USHPA AND Davis AND Jack? (I kick myself about three times a day for being stupid enough to give that motherfucker the benefit of the doubt on your request - and for blinding myself to the reality that anyone who'd make such a request on behalf of a piece of shit like that was himself a piece of shit.)
Whoa, DUDE! And you somehow managed to accomplish the PRECISE OPPOSITE! What do you think went amiss in that little exercise in social engineering? Anything you'd do slightly differently next time?I tried to help Tad lose some of his anger and aggression.
And still I was making no progress whatsoever in becoming a clone of you. Maybe you just weren't patient enough for long enough.I was patient with him for the better part of a year.
And here I was thinking you had some ghost of an interest in understanding the history, issues, and physics of the sport so you could help me do some of the things that people like Zack, Larry, Mike, Antoine, and Steve are over here to help get some problems fixed.I spent lots of time talking to him on the phone - often until the battery on my cell phone ran out.
1. Oh. So you've begun THINKING. Must've been quite a shock to your system.I believe that most of the people kicked around by USHPA, Jack, and Davis probably didn't deserve it. But I've begun thinking that Tad may be the exception.
2. Upon what are you basing this alleged thinking? Can you cite a few examples of the transgressions I committed?
3. Here's what a few people who were actually watching and/or engaged in the discussions THINK about that issue...
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http://ozreport.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14931
Tad's release (even more)
http://www.ushawks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=883Freedomspyder - 2009/02/14 17:43:30 UTC
Tad,
I've found your posts on both hook-in checks and releases very interesting and well thought out.
Best of luck dealing with the Oz Report forum cult and its leader.
What will keep the US Hawks from becoming another USHPA or HGAA?
Warren Narron - 2012/03/16 16:28:48 UTC
Tad wasn't always so hostile and aggressive. Early on in his quest to change dangerous/dogmatic procedures and improve the chance of safety to his fellow pilots, I was awed at how much crap he actually took... course he finally snapped and let the pent up anger fly and I can't really blame him. Willful ignorance pisses me off too.
Zack C - 2010/11/23 05:23:34 UTC
In September of 2010, hang gliding safety activist Tad Eareckson entered a discussion on the Houston Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association's discussion group that would result in his being banned from the group within two months. But despite the controversy over Tad's 'arrogance' and 'condescending tone,' I was impressed by his knowledge, logic, and respect for science, which included a great deal of his own research and experimentation. My attempts to carry out a rational discussion with him were continually sabotaged and eventually aborted by other group members, many with little interest in or comprehension of the discussion.
Larry West - 2009/09/02 04:01:46 UTC
Sorry to see ya go, but I can imagine everyone has a limit to what they are willing to put up with. You put up with a lot and I've learned much from your writing. Thank you.
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=14312Antoine Saraf - 2012/02/16 08:14:22 UTC
Tad, I clearly understand your position, resentment, hate and your urge to use law to force better practices...
Tow Park accidents
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=14312Adi Branch - 2009/11/10 20:50:50 UTC
For what it's worth, I think Tad spoke a lot of sense.
Tow Park accidents
http://www.ushawks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=929Jason Rogers - 2009/11/10 13:21:31 UTC
Well I think he's probably right that there is a problem. I don't know if what he proposes is the right solution, but it's better than mine.
I looked at the stats, I looked at the caliber of pilots who were dying in tow accidents (far better than mine). I concluded towing is simply far too dangerous and gave it up.
Training Manual Comments / Contribution
---Bill Cummings - 2012/01/10 14:04:59 UTC
Tad's procedures for aerotowing should become part of any training manual.
1. Oh! So that was KINDNESS! Next time try fucking somebody over in the most contemptible ways you can imagine and see if you have any better luck.With all the kindness I extended to him...
2. I'm not the least bit interested in your kindness. I'm more into things that matter in this sport - fairness, honesty, and competence. And you totally flunk in all those categories - and many more on top of them.
I'll go ballistic the moment I encounter ANY asshole who's trying to establish or support procedures which get people killed....he still went ballistic the moment we disagreed.
1. As IF?He turned on me as if I were his mortal enemy...
2. I delayed WAY too long.
1. Yeah Bob. Thank you so very much for putting in print that your position was based solely on what you DIDN'T THINK....just because I didn't think lifting a glider in strong winds was the most sensible way to check your hook-in status.
2. And here I was believing that you were taking your idiot position based upon...
http://www.ushawks.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=822
US Hawks Hook-In Verification Poll
...the opinions of some unidentified EXPERTS on the dangers of hook-in checks in difficult conditions who - strangely - didn't provide any actual examples of incidents to support these alleged opinions.Bob Kuczewski - 2011/11/13 00:58:28 UTC
Look, I'm not just relying on my opinion here. I've asked some of the experts and they have advised me that performing a "lift-and-tug" in difficult conditions can introduce significant risk to the pilot's safety.
3. You are so enormously and transparently full of shit, Bob. You're nowhere near smart enough to make a halfway successful liar.
4. And anyway... I don't give a rat's ass whatever any of you actual and alleged fucking morons does or doesn't "THINK" in the face of decades of experience, OVERWHELMING data to the contrary, and ten year old kid common sense.
I wasn't getting ignored, Bob. I was getting my wire cut by cowardly motherfuckers such as yourself 'cause I was getting listened to and winning battles.It may be that he's still smarting from being ignored for so long (as you mentioned)...
Get fucked....but if most of a year of nice treatment didn't help reverse it ... it may not be reversible.
Too bad you you had no interest whatsoever in focusing on that when you had the chance.But the point of my post was that we can (and should) include Tad's good work in this forum.
EVERYONE? Who the hell is everyone? Your "organization" has barely got a detectable pulse - primarily 'cause it has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to offer anyone that they can't get somewhere else - and the graph is on a long shallow slide to the lower right.I encourage everyone to do so.
And I'd like to think that I played a significant role in sending it on that trajectory.
And I think there's a lot of pretty solid evidence that I did.
And if any opportunity for me to steepen that slope presents itself - trust me dude - I'm gonna take it.