Dave,
Don't get me wrong, I think the last WJM caused such a ruckus amongst the governing body that there were just too many new rules requests to have to address each one individually. I applaud the governing body for taking steps to shorten the event, I hope they are successful.

It is extremely hard for the non-European countries to be at every IJMC meeting, given the time required for travel and cost of such.

gordon, I think Shui's comment probably reflected the thoughts that we all had at the last meet. It makes no sense not to use them if every other hotdog pilot in the world has them on their plane and you are being scored similar to them despite not using it. In essence it is to your disadvantage no to use one for this very reason. I agree with you though, if you have 20 top pilots, and they are all using them, the ranking should be the same.
Tommy