I race just enough to realize the downside of such a rule. In the heat of battle, a faster plane passes underneath a slower one, a big mistake, and it occassionally happens. You're the faster plane, who ya' gonna' call? Your handle is above, the lines are below, your ship is winding everyone into a cocoon- so you hit the shut-off. But it fails to operate, or you're flying Goldberg or Foxberg or some event that doesn't specify shut-offs. Strapped with a lanyard, (get it? "strapped with a lanyard"? hoo boy!) you are basically helpless as the line tangle commences, with a possible cut-away. But without being encumbered with a lanyard, you quickly reach around the other pilot, take control of the airplane with your non-flying hand, avoid the tangle possibility altogether, and face the music for passing underneath, no one hurt, no planes lost.
This proposal must have come from a non-flyer, or am I missing something?
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