ORIGINAL: cairoman
John,
Why so aggressive with me now??
I never put the blame on the organisers at all. it was all in the timing I said.In Fact I said is that, for one or two day's delay things did not end up as some of the participants wanted. And yes, Cyprus is a good choice, provided you have an airfield available. If the British military authority tells you one day that you can have their airfield for your competition and then the next that you cannot, this is not my fault. Wouldn't you say that this was reason enough to pull out while Avi could still offer his country, so that we would still have our competition?
That was not the first hurdle, I could still organise a fantastic event with welcoming drinks and sightseing tours, barbeques and go-go dancers but where the H%$LL would you fly your jets???
And as you already know that no money was ever made by organisers and with that kind of attitude from members of the jet community, who knows if we will ever convince people to come forth and offer their countries.
Eid, just in case you think it's an easy thing to host an International Jet event, why don't you offer your country for the Masters in 2011?
Chris
Please do not try & put the blame for the Cyprus organisational mess on the British military. They never promised you the airfield for the period requested. See your explanation below given on another thread. In that you place the blame on your fellow Cypriot organiser for misleading you. What happened to the two other Cypriot airfields that were supposed to be available?
I do not want to start an argument here, but get the facts right.
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Gentlemen,
There is no mystery covering this. The simple truth is that the other part of the organising committee lied about airport availability, to me first and to the other delegates later. He kept lying about that as well as other matters, until he could lie no more (a month ago). The airport would be available only for ten days in August, which would make the cost of travelling and accommodation unaffordable. We would end up having another expensive NI. Also, because of the event timing, I would not be able to book One hotel for the whole event period (Ithe teams would be scattered in many small batches in hotels around the area). Simply, the whole thing would end up in disaster.
Chris