ORIGINAL: Verne

It seems to me that's backwards thinking.

"Masters is the biggest class - let's "fix it" ".

If anything, it's the class that's working best and should be left alone. If you want integrated rolling maneuvers, fly FAI. The P sequence is basically a Masters schedule with integrated rolling maneuvers added in.

If local contestants shy away from FAI because they don't want the added complexity of the F schedule, then don't fly F.

"Fix" Masters and you might very well break everything because it's all interconnected in the building block approach that exists from Sportsman on up.

While I'm on the subject, Sportsman and Intermediate are fine as is and should be left alone. I was just at a contest in Columbus, Ohio where there were more Intermediate contestants than Master as well as a good Sportsman turnout, and this was at a first time contest which usually don't get big turnouts. What this tells me is that Sportsman and Intermediate are working as designed and drawing in new people. Somehow or other, the AMA Competition Regulations mandate a schedule change for Sportsman and Intermediate every four years. Not sure when or how that got in there, but it's easy enough to correct in the next rules cycle.

Verne Koester