US COMPETITION RULES COMMITTEE 2018 POLL RESULTS

On Wednesday, 14 November 2018 23:47:15 UTC+2, Andy Blackburn wrote:
Results of the US Competition Rules Committee 2018 Poll are now posted on the Contest Rules and Process page of SSA.org. Thanks to the large number of pilots who provided responses and detailed feedback. The Committee looks forward to further input and dialog as we head into the 2019 season.

https://www.ssa.org/files/member/201...h_Comments.pdf

For the Competition Rules Committee,

Andy Blackburn
9B

You have misread FAI SC3 Annex A. The paper talks about mandatory task mix of at least of 1/3 AATs or ASTs. Nowhere in Annex A does it say so. The rule is:

"6.1 TASK TYPES The following task types are available for use during the
Championships. A single task type should not be used for more than 67% of the
Championship Days in each class.
• Racing Task
• Assigned Area Task "

The wording is SHOULD. It means "try to do it like this, but it's not safe or possible, do whatever you like.". You interpret SHOULD as a MUST, which is not the spirit of this rule. It is there to give some sort of guidance, not telling you to set AST task to rain because you have run out of AATs.