Speaking as a 35 year SSA member, a former Board of Directors member, a
former contest pilot, but still very active pilot, I have believed the
following for decades:

"The USA contest rules primary goal, in my opinion, should be to
maximize soaring participation in the USA. I don't care what rules are
used as long as they achieve this goal, and all rules should be judged
against this goal. If the rules obtained in the pursuit of this goal are
not the optimum for selecting or preparing the US Team for the World
contests, that is an unfortunate but acceptable outcome."

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)- Hide quoted text -



If I had a vote, this would get it.