WGC Uvalde: US Team... What Happened????

Let me make this simple.

Team flying + US "Soaring TEAM?" = Individuals who instinctively fly for themselves in LARGE TURN AREA TASKS.

If that was a math problem it would be 1 + 1 = 0 or false. It does not compute.

It really is this simple. And the powers that be in the SSA have their heels dug in tight and are waiting to crush any resistance immediately, why are we still wasting our time here talking about it?

Bottom line is that the SSA organization does not care in the slightest about World Championship results or the US Soaring Individuals (Team). If they did, they would get out of the way. They only care about their participation in US events. That is the only focus. So while that narrative is in play, nothing much is going to change. If you are disappointed, its all about adjusting your expectations :-).

The US soaring team has GREAT pilots. But they are playing checkers. The WORLD plays chess. If they are given a home environment in which they can practice and improve at Chess (FAI), they will slowly (perhaps rapidly) become more competitive at a World level AND we may see some more foreign pilots coming to join us at US contests.

But, its going to be checkers until enough resistance is applied to that rope...



Maybe the lack of debate and substantive change around this topic is why we did so badly in the first place.



Clearly, US Team selection, training, and decision-making (among other things) did not work. And if our team can't work at here at "home", then how can we expect it to work when we send teams overseas.



We can't do much worse than we just did, so how can we change our competitive fortunes? Or does no one care?



Al Batross