Tuan, i am very sorry if you feel i wronged you in any way. I can assure you there was no favoritism that led to the results in the final round at the jetero contest. I do know i have the rep of being a 'hard' judge, and given my age, i can see where it may be easy to target me as capable of falling into the 'halo' or 'favoritism' game, but in fact, im just the opposite- i strive to be as honest as possible. In fact, don and i appeared to be within a point of each other when we compared scores (after the contest). Overall, i do remember the last round of advanced very clearly ( since i judged all weekend bc i crashed my plane saturday morning), and from my perspective all pilots were, to some degree, struggling with the wind and flight direction change. In fact, watching your flying at the jetero contest i gained more respect for you as a pilot. I can see you have been practicing! Dont let jetero bring you down.... Weve all had conests where we disagree. Once again, im sorry if u feel there was unfairness.

Back to me being a hard judge ( jon, matt, etc... Listen up lol). I take no offense to this label because my intentions are in good will. Let me explain. Pattern is the pursuit of perfection. End of story. A perfect manuever is a ten. End of story. In my short time of flying pattern ( now 5 years ) i have learned the challenges of facing both 'good' ( impression judging )and 'bad' Judging. Its just got to be done by the book. We are already in a sport where the judging is subjective, therefore ephasis on the rules and honestly evaluating anothers flying is crucial for both an accurate result and for the pilot to learn where his weak points lie. Slapping down 7s and 8s on every manuever bc the manuever 'looked good to me' doesnt help anyone in the end. Someone will get a thousand points at the end of the round regaurdless! Haha


In response to the actual question on this thread regaurding the extra roll, i would have zero'd the following maneuver. It does depend on the scenario though, i understand. But in this case i would have zero'd the next turnaround.

Brandon landry