Comments on: Kite flyers union demand more pay for flying bigger kites http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/04/631 Everything media! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Linda http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/04/631#comment-6786 Linda Tue, 15 May 2007 22:24:11 +0000 http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/04/631#comment-6786 Consider car drivers. Most people older than 16 years can learn to drive a car. Many do it rather well, while others never manage to learn parking or good road manners, ever. Mostly, a car is a vehicle to get from A to B. Not brain surgery. Then, think of the precision Formula 1 Racing car with so much extra power and speed at the drivers' fingertips. Factor in the greater chance of accident & serious damage to the driver, vehicle and spectators, and the car is no longer just a vehicle. Now it's a precision instrument, requiring highly-developed skills. It's the same with kites. small kite = family car or scooter! B-I-G kite = high-performance, high-powered, precision machine Kite flyers do not get rich, they just work to a higher level of precision and care. I've witnessed the B-I-G kite experience and can say the flyers earned every cent. Linda Sanders, Kite Lady, AKA Region 13 www.aka.org.au Consider car drivers.

Most people older than 16 years can learn to drive a car. Many do it rather well, while others never manage to learn parking or good road manners, ever. Mostly, a car is a vehicle to get from A to B. Not brain surgery.

Then, think of the precision Formula 1 Racing car with so much extra power and speed at the drivers’ fingertips. Factor in the greater chance of accident & serious damage to the driver, vehicle and spectators, and the car is no longer just a vehicle. Now it’s a precision instrument, requiring highly-developed skills.

It’s the same with kites.
small kite = family car or scooter!
B-I-G kite = high-performance, high-powered, precision machine

Kite flyers do not get rich, they just work to a higher level of precision and care.

I’ve witnessed the B-I-G kite experience and can say the flyers earned every cent.

Linda Sanders, Kite Lady, AKA Region 13 www.aka.org.au

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]]> By: Jim http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/04/631#comment-6747 Jim Mon, 14 May 2007 15:53:18 +0000 http://www.themediaslut.com/2007/04/631#comment-6747 Greetings: I am the Flight and Safety Officer for exhibitions of the Mega Flag: The Biggest Kite in the World. (See my website for pictures, or visit http://www.gombergkites.com/bigkite/ for more info) I'll side with the kite fliers on this one -- flying a big kite is not at all like flying a little one, what with having to tie it off to a dumptruck or other piece of heavy equipment, and with the need to supervise a crew of ten to fly the kite (and to keep them all safe!) In the US. I feel that big kite fliers are adequately compensated, I only hope that this will soon be the case all over the world. Kite flying: serious business, JIM Gomberg Kite Producations American Kitefliers Association Wings Across Carolina Kiting and Okra Society Greetings:

I am the Flight and Safety Officer for exhibitions of the Mega Flag: The Biggest Kite in the World. (See my website for pictures, or visit http://www.gombergkites.com/bigkite/ for more info)

I’ll side with the kite fliers on this one — flying a big kite is not at all like flying a little one, what with having to tie it off to a dumptruck or other piece of heavy equipment, and with the need to supervise a crew of ten to fly the kite (and to keep them all safe!)

In the US. I feel that big kite fliers are adequately compensated, I only hope that this will soon be the case all over the world.

Kite flying: serious business,

JIM
Gomberg Kite Producations
American Kitefliers Association
Wings Across Carolina Kiting and Okra Society

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