On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 12:00:21 PM UTC-5, Matt Herron Jr. wrote:
Sean,

If you don't like the task, take it up with the CD. Don't try to eliminate the format. I agree they shouldn't dominate the contest, but one turn MATs are very useful in situations where you have rapidly changing weather or local cells moving through an area. They also favor different skill for contestants, like route planning, reading the weather, strategy vs tactics, etc. It also creates opportunity for wider point spread for the day, making the competition less predictable and more interesting.

Matt H

Based on Sean' performance at the 18M nationals last summer in Minden (I was CD) he is a pretty serious contender. Had he not made a newbie mistake flying a HAT he would have really been in the hunt.