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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bill,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The schedules are designed to be building blocks. To
varying degrees of success, this has always been the case. When you're designing
a set of schedules, you have to consider where somebody is coming from first and
then develop maneuvers that will reasonably transition the pilot from that point
to the next level of difficulty. FAI and Masters pilots have pretty much
dominated the development of these schedules for the 20 years or so I've been in
pattern and for good reason - experience. Somebody who's come up through the
process probably has a better idea of what's needed, been to more contests and
seen a wider variety of skill levels within the various classes, and has his/her
own experiences to reference in what made them a better pilot than somebody
relatively new to the game. This is not meant to be demeaning to anyone so
please don't take it as such. When I was working my way up through the ranks, I
have no doubt that FAI and Masters pilots knew way more than I what types of
maneuvers I needed to see to advance than I did. The lessons they provided
worked well enough for me to make me reasonably competitive in Masters today.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>The trick to all of this is to learn the lessons
at each level. When you've learned what's there and start getting bored with it,
move up. That's how it's designed.</STRONG> Others may take longer than you and
others may zip through with apparent ease. That's okay. The very best schedules
accommodate all of these needs. Most people won't point out before they should
move up and that's all designed into the system as well. While it might be easy
for one pilot to deal with a 45 down snap at the second level, it may very well
drive a good many pilots out of the game. This system of developing schedules is
somewhat of a patriarchal approach, but it needs to be that way. There are
plenty of lessons to be learned in Intermediate as it exists and my personal
opinion based on my own experience as well as what I've seen and judged is that
it's just about right. I also think Advanced is a bit much for someone coming
out of Intermediate, but that's a whole separate argument.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Verne Koester</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=billglaze@triad.rr.com href="mailto:billglaze@triad.rr.com">Bill
Glaze</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 24, 2004 11:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Artistic Aerobatics</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Thanks, Eric, and you're correct in that I don't understand why
all the AMA classes cannot be treated under the same rules/time
schedules. Or, put another way, I am having trouble seeing how/why AMA
procedures create a rift in classes.<BR>And, not to belabor the point, I fail
to see why, if schedules had been submitted for all classes at the same time,
that new schedules couldn't have been adopted in the same time frame.<BR>As
far as the Annex goes, while it may seem to be a panacea, (and I am all
for the Annex) it seems to me that a mindset that will make equal all the
schedules (and those flying them) will still be required. To date, I
have yet to see that mindset in the words and deeds of the Masters/FAI
flyers whose prominence seems to dictate to the lower classes.
Possibly this is inevitable; I don't know. And, maybe I'm wrong. I
would sure like to be proven so. BTW: I'm not trying to start a class
war here; just trying to improve the sport. Possibly we can regain some
of the membership that we have lost over the past few years.<BR>Bill
Glaze<BR><BR>Henderson,Eric wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Henderson,Eric
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 23, 2004 11:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B> '<A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A>'<BR><B>Subject:</B>
RE: Artistic Aerobatics<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=771300004-24012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>The membership vote<SPAN
class=942592704-24012004> </SPAN> from the 1999 rules survey was
that the NSRCA propose to the AMA that we change them all (401-404) in
one big go. So we did just that. Those routines are now running from
2002 to 2004 </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=771300004-24012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>The same rules survey said change Masters (404)<SPAN
class=942592704-24012004> </SPAN>every three years, So we
proposed new 404 routines in the 2002 rules survey. If voted in by the
AMA contest board it will gives us a new 404 for 2005 to
2007.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=771300004-24012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>The 2002 survey included every question that came to me from all
sources. The 2002 survey result asked for new schedules; in all
classes be proposed in three year cycles.We have to go most of the way
through 2005 to 2007 before we start work on the 2008 proposals.
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<DIV><SPAN class=771300004-24012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>I know it is hard to understand, and probably harder to accept,
but this is how the AMA does it. Why do you think the NSRCA has been trying
to get an Annex system in place and change the control of
schedules-changing. Its a long drawn out affair that completely clashes with
common sense and certainly confuses most folks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=771300004-24012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN class=771300004-24012004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><BR>Eric.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org">discussion-request@nsrca.org</A>
[<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org">mailto:discussion-request@nsrca.org</A>]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Bill Glaze<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 23, 2004 11:52
PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: Artistic Aerobatics<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Eric:<BR>Somewhere in your lucid
explanation there must be a reason that the other classes did not commence
with the composition of new schedules when the Masters schedule was
composed.<BR>Obviously, these other classes then could have been
installed when the Masters was. People are available that would have
been more than eager to work on the other classes parallel to the classe(s)
which were changed. Was there no opportunity for that to happen?
To someone on the outside looking in, it just seems as if part of the
organization moved ahead, while part was left to stagnate. Or so I see
it. Illuminate me.<BR>In the event, it would seem to me that now is
the time to compose the committees, which in turn can formulate the
schedules for all of us, all classes. Perhaps this is ongoing, and I
just haven't been aware of it. I hope.<BR>Respectfully, <BR>Bill
Glaze<BR><BR>Henderson,Eric wrote:<BR>
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