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<DIV><EM><FONT face="Lucida Sans" size=4>Troy</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM><FONT face="Lucida Sans" size=4>I for one, am pleased with the new
schedules. You are right on the money with your thought process as to the
teaching of skills to pilots advancing up through the ranks.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face="Lucida Sans" size=4>Your reasoning for people first
starting to fly pattern is exactly the reason I started flying pattern.
While I was in the lower classes, I didn't really appreciate the process because
I didn't "really" know what was going to be required of my learned skills by the
time I got to Masters. No one is going to know that until they actually
get there. </FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face="Lucida Sans" size=4>Everyone should know the value of
flying a straight line, parallel to the runway. But, that won't be so
evident until you get into the Masters sequence or FAI. Then, when you are
fighting for positioning for entrances and exits to the next manuever, you will
appreciate your "learned" skills.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face="Lucida Sans" size=4>When I started out, I had a mentor or
five that was feeding me information and helping me learn to fly pattern.
I was totally reliant on their "expertise" because hey, they've been there, done
that. I'm glad I did. If I hadn't, I probably would have quit a long
time ago. I wouldn't have learned the skills I now
posess.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face="Lucida Sans" size=4>I feel that this is where we are now
with all the hoopla about the sequence changes. We have to rely on the
people "in the know" to help bring flyers along to the next
level.</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT face="Lucida Sans" size=4>Just my humble opinion, but that's been
my experience. I for one am very appreciative of the sequence committee's
work.</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV><EM><FONT face="Lucida Sans" size=4>Rex Lesher</FONT></EM></DIV>
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