We're talking at the most about a minute to a minute and a half difference in flight time between the patterns. If there are 10 Masters fliers, we're talking 10 to 15 minutes longer to judge a round. The proposed 2011 long pattern already takes less time to fly then the current pattern. So we have to deal with an inferior pattern all the time for these slight differences in judging time?

I'd be willing to bet that most talking about these patterns have not taken the time to go out and fly them.