ORIGINAL: DocYates
I was extremely happy to see there are now two sets of judges, however I am confused by the lack of enthusiasm to run two flight lines. Cannot two models be flown safely at the same time? I mean here we do this all the time and it is not a problem, is would certainly provide an avenue to speed up the process, and maybe we could even incorperate more flights.
Tommy,
The IJMC has passed the use of two sets of judges after the extreme work load of the judges at the JWM 07.
This means that there are now 5 judges for static (3 for outline and 2 for colour, marking, etc) That is their job.
There are now 5 judges for flying rounds. As you know these 5 judges mark all flights. That is their job.
On top of this there is the chief judge.
Having a second flight line means having to get another set of 5 judges. More cost to the organisers and therefore more cost to the competitor.
Take Top Gun. There are only 2 judges per flight/model in flight, so you can have the 4 flight lines at Top Gun.
Take the TOC. Only one aircraft in the air with more judges like JWM.
It's simply down to costs and the available pool of judges that the IJMC and JWM organisers have to choose from, hense the call to all IJMC reps from Dave Tappin, throgh the IJMC web site, at the early part of January for contries to propose more judges from their perspective countries. There have not been many applications in yet, in fact there was only one or two at the time of the meeting on the 19th, so there would be little chance of running 2 flight lines with out the new judges in the first instance.
Oh the fun of it all, eh ! ! ! !