ORIGINAL: nonstoprc
My remaining concern is with the weight increase proposals currently on the table, which is kind of arbitrary. I would bet that if a survey were conducted, the mean increase would be around 100-150 grams.
The problem with statistics is that 92.357% of them are made-up on the spot. Your assertion that the mean would be 100-150 grams might be true amoung those that want a specific increase. That means nothing given probably 45 - 50% (perhaps more) don't want a weight increase at all, and maybe 25 - 35% want the weight limit removed altogether. That being said, up to 85% of pattern pilots don't fall into the category of wanting a 100 - 150 gram increase in the weight allowance.
See how much fun it can be to make up statistics?