Currently the NATS schedule is as follows. Site 1 and 3 FAI flies in the morning and Masters in the afternoons. FAI does finish with an hour or so before lunch, but Masters usually takes up the entire afternoon. Since we are using the Matrix system because of the large number pilots, both sites get used essentially all day. Site 4, which is the only other site flies Advanced in the morning and Intermediate in the afternoon. Both of those classes being smaller, there is room you MIGHT be able to fit it during the day, but maybe not. Having only 4 classes though works out really well at the NATs from a logistic point of view. Adding another class would also complicate judging. Depending on when Expert was flying, morning or afternoon, you would have to use extra judges from Masters and FAI. I'm not saying it couldn't be done, but it would take a reshuffling of how we currently do things.

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