<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 6/11/03 1:42:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Eric.Henderson@gartner.com writes:<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">This puts the pilot in a very uncomfortable position if t don't want to do. Ever taken the time to consider why you don't hear many complaints? Of course they will say very little because they inherently fear it could hurt their scores if they do not do what the judges or the CD wants. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#0000ff" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">This is why we have AMA rules so individuals can't just go out there and makes thing up because they have the power to do so, or because it is their personal preference.</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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Personally I think we are all smart enough to figure this out, without a national rule. If we make things too difficult for the CD and judges then no one will be willing to do the job, which is a bigger problem. Personally I don't see expecting the caller to speak loud enough for the judges to hear as a big issue and if you are "cute" and call a maneuver a train wreck then it might cost you, although I suspect most judges would score what you flew and check after the round was over. The reality is that MOST pilots have a caller, who is calling the sequence, maneuver, by maneuver and it is very easy to have him speak loud enough for the judges to hear and that simple act eliminates the need to have scribes call the maneuver and eliminates the need for scribes for most judges. We can come up with lots of reasons that this won't work and I have had pilots refuse to call/have the maneuver called and I dealt with it. I tried to be fair and not let this effect my judgment, but since I view the refusal as silly, you would have to wonder if I was successful. It's hard enough to find enough judges to fill the chairs, why do we resist something like this that would reduce the load on the judges and the CD and really adds no REAL load to the pilot. I may be biased, because I have always done it this way, so I know nothing different, but I view presenting the maneuver/sequence as what this is all about and describing it for the judges is just part of the deal, the better you do it the less chance there is for misunderstanding. As the pilot, with the most to loose, I choose to take control of the situation, where it is presented. I realize at the bigger contests, NATs, worlds, etc you (the pilot) don't have that option and personally I view that as a disadvantage. The other side of this is at these events you generally have more judges so a single mistake is less of an issue.<BR>
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Flame suit on :-)<BR>
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Bob<BR>
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