2014 US Modern and US Club Class Nationals - Assigned Task calledtoday! FANTASTIC!

On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9:02:42 AM UTC-7, Sean Fidler wrote:
I strongly, strongly disagree that TAT's are a "better" measure of glider racing pilot skill vs. simple, pure AT's. In fact, I could not disagree more.

Sean - since your comments seem to be aimed at me, please re-read my post. Nowhere do I claim that TATs are "better". I am staying that AT's are *not* necessarily better than TATs.

I am also saying that TATs can (and should) be called differently than what we often see. I think a lot of your (and other pilots') angst towards TATs can be laid squarely at the feet of CDs who call 3-turn TATs with 20+ mile cylinders. I fully agree that these tasks quickly lose their appeal after you've been to one or two contests.

But those same CDs can just as easily call crappy ATs (see Kirk's comment about a mass landout on an AT)!

In short: if you want better tasks, talk to your CDs. Don't just blame the type of task.

--Noel
P.S. I would also like to point out that several contest pilots with a hell of a lot more experience than you or I have no problems with TATs.