Pondering Hank.

It's really important to fully exercise the logic, fact base and implications of all these concerns - which is why the discussion and back and forth is critical. What are the real drivers of change (technology, scoring systems, task types)? What are the potential implications (midair collisions, undeserving winners of contests, pilot enjoyment, cost of participation and being competitive)? What's real vs speculated/extrapolated? What to do about it (bans/inspections, changes in race format, changes in scoring formulae)?

As Hank knows from his years of service on the RC, all of these issues are investigated, discussed, debated and the implications of potential solutions also discussed and debated in the context of formal and informal input from the pilot community and the communities of people who put on contests, support the U.S. Team, etc.

It's about getting to the best possible answer in consideration of all the implications.

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