People might be less inclined to protest if they could drop a day and
the competition committee might be less inclined to expunge a day for
95% of the class if the one affected pilot could drop the day.

It creates other issues, but is worth a try.

9B

This is a good point that I hadn't thought of.

Also, our next protest controversy is going to come the next time we
are tasked through a line of thunderstorms, as with the protest in 15
m at Tonopah. Some pilots will protest because having to fly through a
squall line is obviously neither "safe" nor "fair." Others will argue
that tasks should never be canceled, and point out that they dodged
the lightning and survived. The whole business will be an order of
magnitude messier than what happened at Parowan.

Drop a day can make that protest less likely, less necessary, and
convince a lot more pilots to turn around before the dangerous
weather, knowing they can simply drop this day.

John Cochrane BB