CD's

[John Ferrell]

I have been at this for about ten years and I will never really be a good 
contestant.
Here are a few of my observations:
Some of our best judges don't fly at all.
Many of our top flyers are poor judges, sometimes because they simply are 
not interested in being a good judge.
Some people who know the rules cannot apply them fairly.
Most entry level pilots have enough to worry with their flying without 
adding juding to the load.
When we do a local judging seminar the raw judging scores of the two judges 
get a lot closer together.
The person presenting the Judging Seminar is not there to interrpret the 
rules. His/her duty is to present the package and facilitate orderly 
discussion.
An overly criticized judge will avoid conflict at the expense of accuracy.
All judges make mistakes. If judges were perfect we would only need one per 
line.
Poor judges miss downgrades. Their scores tend to be higher.
A judge that downgrades items not documented in the rules is corrupt.
Judging is getting better all the time but it will never meet contestant 
expectations.
Masters and FAI flyers are more comfortable judging each other.
The most important quality of a judge is his motivation to be a good judge.
You can do a pretty good job of judging even if you don't know the sequence. 
You will miss the call when a wrong maneuver is flown.
A maneuver that takes longer to call than it does to fly is difficult to 
judge fairly.
The rules are not clearly defined and the current process is not likely to 
improve them.
The whole FAI game is out of our hands.

John Ferrell
My Competition is not my enemy!
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff H. Snider" <jeff at snider.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: CD's


> Coming from outside, I'm amazed we don't have a process for ranking
> judges in this sport.  It may be that a Sportsman has keen eyes and
> a good understanding of the rules, and can capably judge Masters,
> or even FAI, even though he doesn't yet have the skill to compete
> in Intermediate.  It may also be that a Masters pilot lacks the
> proper temperment or attention span and can't consistently judge
> an entire round of any class.


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