Airbus Dude,
In Eric's defense as being part of the team that ran the event, I must admit that I am sure that the kind of stats you are quoting for a contest are possible. BUT, I can almost guarantee to you that from the CD down, you had an EXCESS of HIGHLY EXPERIENCED judges, scribes, runners, scorekeepers, line bosses, organizers, volunteers and pilots. This is only the second year that this team at BCF has sponsored an IMAC event, and the first time we used a club CD. Just like anything else, there is a learning curve involved.... (I'll bet your second ever instrument approach was pretty sloppy !!), and yes, there where mistakes made, most of which have been discussed by the organizers as something to change in the future.

The fact of the matter is, contestants NOT understanding that & complaining un-constructively (sp?) about the way things where run in a public forum IMO just undermines the task of correcting the issues for the next contest & kills the motivation for people to volunteer, which is hard enough to do as it is.

Bruce