This rule will have the effect of reducing crowding at the edge of
start cylinders. That alone is Good Thing.

2NO


I agree with this Ted's point. I believe in the west in particular
where you can get above MSH with some regularity you will see pilots
looking for the best thermal anywhere inside the cylinder and starting
out the top, or barring that finding a thermal just outside the
cylinder (probably more likely on the front side - but less
concentrated around the direct course line), making a start out the
edge and climbing out that way. Since you will now have starts over
the entire start area, I expect to see less traffic density rather
than more.

I am not worried about trying to engineer our way to preventing people
from bumping gaggles, they do it on course already and we will have
created as much as a 10 mile span to spread out the initial courseline
- that's a lot of territory. My guess it you will see less leeching as
well because it'll be harder to hang out at the likely exit point
since it could be almost anywhere.

9B