1bwana1 makes some interesting points, but it seems to me that the things like changing the weight requirement, and requiring planes to be weighed with fuel, would go over a lot better if said changes were made first in f3a by the FAI governing authority. If this happens then we'd know that it's something that the whole world supports, not just flyers in the USA.

In my view it makes a lot of sense to just consider re-aligning AMA rules with FAI rules. Specifically:

1/.. Adopt the 1% tolerance rule for weigh-ins
2/.. Reduce the number of maneuvers in AMA Masters to be equal to the number of maneuvers in the current f3a patterns.

Just these changes alone would go a long way towards addressing the concerns that have been expressed on this forum, and they would also facilitate the transition back and forth from Masters to f3a.