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Unfortunately my experience at the WC's left me a little disenchanted and much less interested in participating at a WC in the future. For me win or lose it doesn't matter as long as the flights & tests are fairly assessed. Unfortunately, I honestly didn't think the pilots were treated evenhandedly and this is pretty rough considering the time and expense that people go to compete.

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Twoturn that statement has me thinking that there are probably more out there that share your disappointment in what you/ they saw. I'm sure that attending the Championships is a huge endevour that costs a small fortune with a considerable amount of time and sacrifice.
Based on your experience do you think that there may be others who are questioning whether they would ever want to do it again?
Anyone want to express an opinion on this?
I can tell you that I'd be very upset if I attended an event that I thought was tainted by bias and rules being bent or not adhered too. But I wasn't there and I'm again searching for some answers to some perplexing questions I have. I still find the silence to be very odd.
I appreciate the comments so far and I promise I won't go too much further and I'm not here to slam anyone or any country. It's all brought on by the odd silence. Thanks, Mike