Again, John's statements above are simply false.

Every other soaring country, in the world, uses the FAI rules system. Other than the US and, reluctantly, Canada. Think about that. How is that possible if what John and the US "leaders" say about FAI competition is true? If what John (and the peanut gallery) say's was true, shouldn't the sport of FAI contest soaring be dead in all other countries? Perhaps FAI nations are insane? This is what John is saying essentially. Or, could it be, possibly, that we are insane?

- Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -Albert Einstein

All other soaring countries do not all have crews (or motors) for all contest pilots. This is utter crap. An outright lie. Ridiculous. They do not all land out in contests all over the world. Nonsense. You do not need a crew or a motor to fly FAI contests. Again, I cite simple research.

These constant, ridiculous assertions from our US rules "team" is nothing more than a political "smoke and mirrors game." A religion with evangelists essentially. "You must have a motor." "You must have a crew. " "You will all land out." "The gaggles will be constant, one big spinning gaggle (with collisions falling out the bottom) consisting of Karl Streidich and 15 leeches in tow!" Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my...

This is simply not the case, and the examples are, literally, every other soaring nation in the world which holds FAI competitions. Again, think about that. It is incredible (ridiculous) to make statements which are so obviously wrong. Yet they make these statements again and again. Its delusional.

The truth is that the US rules gang (deep FAI rules haters) have wildly oversold and over-reacted to a problem that doesn't exist (except in their own minds), and now our sport has all but been ruined by it. Racing has been destroyed. We are all held hostage by this radical US rules false mindset. They are happy to double down on their false attacks against FAI and assigned tasking. It is truly incredible to watch. The US rules boys are becoming radical. They are lashing out. They are angry that I am challenging them.

FAI is a different sport because of a) tasking (90%) and b) scoring formula's (10%). FAI is about racing first. Glider racing. Just as it says on the homepage of the SSA website (falsely). The US is OLC, and racing is nearly down to zero. The US has simply departed from the sport of glider racing. The US is now, "OLC nation." Canada is too, sadly.

I say shame. Shame on multiple levels. This villianization of FAI has to stop.

In regards to SGP USA, please! The SSA has run exactly zero sanctioned contest "Grand Prix" races to date. Period. FAI SGP USA has zero to do with the SSA or with US Rules. This is why it seems to be successful. SGP USA is the exact opposite of US Rules. Again, think about that for a moment.

FAI rules would be better for the USA because the US would be on the same page as the rest of the soaring competition world. There are great benefits to playing in the same sport rather as the world rather than a participating in a sideshow experiment led by people who regularly attack FAI. Again, the rest of the soaring competition rules us FAI happily, safely and effectively. FAI is NOT the MAD MAX horror scene which John (and the peanut gallery) continually paints for us.

Plus, if we switched to FAI and stopped the annual US rules "circus," we would also stop all the costs (hard and soft) which come along with maintaining our custom US rules (like their personal playset) which provide ZERO MEASURABLE VALUE to the rest of us. The US rules circus is essentially a handful of mad scientists running around making major changes every year, banning Flarm, banning smart phones, banning ADSB, in a panic, etc. Complex, simplify, ban, unban. US rules are pure madness. US rules are a negative.

We need to stop these guys from continuing their stranglehold on our sport in the USA. Enough is enough. It's time. What do you have to lose. US rules are providing no improved metrics. Zero.