Wrong Maneuver issues

[Rick Wallace]

I don't see this as an issue of being smart enough or anything else -
it's simply my understanding that the purpose of the caller is to
support the pilot. As such, he should work with the pilot and give the
pilot the level of support he needs. 

 

The caller's job is not to talk to the judges. He's there to assist the
pilot. 

 

When I'm flying I personally find it distracting for my caller to be
required to speak loudly enough for people 6-10 feet behind him to hear.
I know that when I'm in the box I value most everything my caller says,
and quite a lot of it is NOT stuff I'd want the judges to hear - since
the rules call for judging to be a visual assessment of the plane's
course agains a standard of perfection and nothing else (well, maybe
subjective judgement as to the noise level of the plane in flight.) 

 

I'm quite willing to (continue to) spend time scribing / assisting other
judges if that's what it takes to keep the caller as a pilot's asset as
opposed to a show announcer. 

 

That said, can we agree to either take it as it comes, or submit a rules
proposal to fix this if someone feels strongly enough about it all to
make that much of an issue of it? 

 

Thanks for listening -- 

Rick 

AMA 89045

NSRCA 2972

 


Personally I think we are all smart enough to figure this out, without a
national rule.  If we make things too difficult for the CD and judges
then no one will be willing to do the job, which is a bigger problem.
Personally I don't see expecting the caller to speak loud enough for the
judges to hear as a big issue and if you are "cute" and call a maneuver
a train wreck then it might cost you, although I suspect most judges
would score what you flew and check after the round was over.  The
reality is that MOST pilots have a caller, who is calling the sequence,
maneuver, by maneuver and it is very easy to have him speak loud enough
for the judges to hear and that simple act eliminates the need to have
scribes call the maneuver and eliminates the need for scribes for most
judges.  We can come up with lots of reasons that this won't work and I
have had pilots refuse to call/have the maneuver called and I dealt with
it.  I tried to be fair and not let this effect my judgment, but since I
view the refusal as silly, you would have to wonder if I was successful.
It's hard enough to find enough judges to fill the chairs, why do we
resist something like this that would reduce the load on the judges and
the CD and really adds no REAL load to the pilot.  I may be biased,
because I have always done it this way, so I know nothing different, but
I view presenting the maneuver/sequence as what this is all about and
describing it for the judges is just part of the deal, the better you do
it the less chance there is for misunderstanding.  As the pilot, with
the most to loose, I choose to take control of the situation, where it
is presented.  I realize at the bigger contests, NATs, worlds, etc you
(the pilot) don't have that option and personally I view that as a
disadvantage.  The other side of this is at these events you generally
have more judges so a single mistake is less of an issue.

Flame suit on :-)

Bob

Bob

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