At 15:48 07 June 2004, Andy Blackburn wrote:
There is a logic behind devalued days - unappealing
as it seems on first inspection.

WRONG, wrong, wrong....there is no logic AT ALL behind
devalued days.

Yes, there can be luck and unusual weather conditions
that skew the results so that less skilled, luckier
pilots win one day.

The solution is to hold not one race, but several races
over several days......AND that is what each contest
does!!

Just like the World Series, or the Stanley Cup (Game
7 tonight!), a series of races will even out the luck
factor and let the skilled pilots go to the front due
to consistently out-flying the lucky pilots.

I would say if the better pilots can not win more races
in a week long contest than the 'lucky' pilots, the
perhaps the better pilots are really not that good
after all.

All this devaluing of days is just political correctness
that reduces competition victory so the loser does
not feel so bad.