It is still nice to have QFE set for your
competition finish and I will re-set especially if control is giving it as
you call 5 minutes.


I don't get this at all. What is the advantage?

Aerobatics and local winch ops have the common feature that one
doesn't expect to be sharing airspace with other users. In this case,
it doesn't matter to others what you use for an altimeter setting.

When sharing airspace with others -- which is most of recreational and
virtually all of competition soaring -- it's stupid not to have
everyone on a common standard. This is just as true when local
soaring around a public use airport as it is for cross country.

-Evan Ludeman / T8