Astro,

First off, thank yo for the civilized answer. And I guess I actually didn't answer your question.

My opinion is that for the average modeler who wants to give competition flying a try would look at that program and the time involved and say never mind, as it then increases the time and expense to the individual. I guess that it could work, but for someone like me (for example) it would be nearly impossible unless I could get my work schedule to coincide with the competition schedule needed to get to the National level (not likely). And I think that's probably the biggest issue. Admittedly I may also be putting my own personal bias on the idea. I've been out of competition flying for decades now, mostly because of the time and financial commitment needed. So I'd prefer keeping the NATS more of an "Open" style competition, open to all AMA members.

R_Strowe