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Old January 18th 20, 02:56 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Tom BravoMike
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On Thursday, January 16, 2020 at 9:21:51 PM UTC-6, Charlie Quebec wrote:
Interesting news, the entire Australian team has been penalised for unsporting behaviour on the last day.. A protest is currently being heard.
The bun fight at the Keepit corral.


So the solution is... to stop fighting it. Make the teams on the ground be part of the 'team flying', like in car racing the crews in the pitstops compete how fast they can change the tires and influence the results. Let the competition be OPEN and viewable in real time to the organizers, scorers, safety teams and viewers on-line. Don't make it so complicated and vulnerable to cheating, don't make it unsafe by limiting the anti-collision solutions and devices. Don't want the others to overhear your radio? Speak Navajo.... The air masses change all the time, nobody will ever fly in exactly same conditions, strategic and tactic decisions will still need to be made; the results will still depend on pilots' skills and on glider make and model and on how polished the wings are - and on good luck. Tightening the screws of the regulations in reaction to the progress in technology will result in endless suspicions, penalties and protests and suits, and will take away all the fun of it, whatever fun is left there in the current situation.