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<DIV>I see the argument for a smoother transition between 402 and 403 and in the context of the overall progression through the classes it is probably a valid one, especially for the Intermediate guy coming up. Personally, though, I am glad for the leap I am going through in the current 403 - Advanced and canīt wait to go up to Masters, which I now see as more of a logical step up, rather than the big, intentional, leap it will be in the future. </DIV>
<DIV>Good job guys.</DIV>
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<DIV>Rodney <BR><BR><B><I>Mike Hester <kerlock@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">What Bill said.<BR><BR>We had 2 choices to smooth out that huge leap between 402 and 403: make 402 <BR>tougher or make 403 slightly easier. The overwhelming majority was against <BR>making 402 any tougher, so we went this way. Like Bill said, look at the <BR>schedules in relation to each other and consider that carefully before <BR>anyone votes on them. There are a couple of ways we could end up with a <BR>worse problem than we currently have. My hope is everyone will put a lot of <BR>thought into their choices. I'm reminded of teh old knight at the end of <BR>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade....."choose wisely". Look what happened <BR>to the guy that picked the wrong one. Eek.<BR><BR>-Mike<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Bill Pritchett" <PHELPS15@COMCAST.NET><BR>To: <DISCUSSION@NSRCA.ORG><BR>Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 8:03 PM<BR>Subject: New Sequences<BR><BR><BR>>
Rodney:<BR>> Both proposed Advanced schedules are "easier" than the current Advanced <BR>> schedule. This was one of the criteria that we worked with, based upon <BR>> overwhelming opinion that the jump to Advanced is currently too much. I <BR>> like both schedules (not because I'm on the committee...hehe), but what <BR>> this WILL do is make the jump to Masters much bigger for the guys that <BR>> will come through these schedules. I am sort of a victim of having made <BR>> the current jump, and now that I've made it, felt that I could objectively <BR>> help others coming up in seasons to come not deal with some of the issues <BR>> current Advanced flyers have had to handle. Our current schedule calls <BR>> for 10 maneuvers prior to a cross box turnaround. Although there is <BR>> discussion on the list right now about being on that "line", and a cross <BR>> box being a bother, let's face it, most Advanced flyers need to adjust <BR>> in/out
earlier than 10 maneuvers in. Lots of thought and discussion went <BR>> into these, and I'm sure that everyone on the committee hopes that the <BR>> NSRCA membership takes a deep collective breath before making any <BR>> judgments. One thing we all tried to do is make it more even in jumps <BR>> between classes, up to Masters. We all seemed to agree that Masters <BR>> should be the "big" jump, and a jump that provides a class of <BR>> "Destination" for some, and FAI prep for others. I hope that you, and <BR>> others, will look at the proposed Advanced schedule as a part of the <BR>> whole, and not a direct comparison to the present.<BR>> Thanks<BR>> Bill<BR>><BR>><BR>> Bill Pritchett<BR>> 765-744-9322<BR>><BR>> =================================================<BR>> To access the email archives for this list, go to<BR>> http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/<BR>> To be removed from this list, go to
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