one, you need to make your voice heard not only on the internet, but also to the imac leadership. two, it's probably true that intentionally or unintentionally, the sequences are being written for big airplanes, even to some extent in basic. that raises other issues, all of which have been beaten to death. it's also true that sequences sometimes do get tougher year to year in the same class, and again, this may happen without intent, but also without someone(s) looking out to make sure that the progressions are logical, not only year to year, but from class to class also, keep in mind that these are knowns, and while they may be ugly the first 20 times you fly them, you get to fly them all year. the downside is that the knowns set the tone for unknowns, and you need to go into an unknown without fear of burying your airplane. having said that i will get on my soapbox and say that i think over the last few years unlimited has gotten out of control, and instead of building up from basic, i think imac is dumbing down from unlimited. the shootout sequences are nuts. those of us who are familiar with the toc sequences know that compared to the imac sequences, they weren't that hard - but they were judged tougher, and that forced the pilots to fly better. TOC sequences were no more than 400k for 11 or 12 figures, that included inflated K factors. not being an imac or for that matter even an ama member, i should probably be ignored, but I would like to see unlimited take on a more TOC look, and precision, instead of this-this-and this be stressed in unlimited and the other classes.