A man on a *serious* safety crusade should make *serious* arguments!
But here's an answer to the laughable argument raised by this thread:

Thanks for suggesting still more unintended hazards of the dreaded
finish cylinder!!! (You're up Chris.)

When it comes to safe landings by pilots in a compromised mental state,
who, unfortunately, are likely to shut down even more mental systems
immediately after finishing, which maneuver has a better chance of
completion on autopilot: a routine, adrenaline enhanced, 90 second
follow the leader hop from low pass to landing? Or a ten minute game
of blind man's bluff after a cylinder pullup to 1500 ft?

Should we cancel just day 10 or does safety demand even shorter
contests to address the dehydration issue?

Should we decide which day to close the gate and open the cylinder
based on daily pilot weigh ins?

After a cylinder finish for points, low passes for show are safe,
right? It's only those low passes for points that cause trouble.

Jonathan Gere

wrote:

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So, what is the best way to recover 50 tired, frustrated, possibly
dehydrated pilots? Do we ask them to make the split second decisions
necessary to do the hi-speed, low altitude finish, OR do we allow
them
to finish the race at 500 feet and a mile out? I would suggest the
later is clearly the safest way to conduct our races.
Managers and CD's; There IS a safer way.
JJ Sinclair