An Overwhelming Weight - A Heavy Message

[George Kennie]

Right on target, Robert!
Even though we participate on the domestic playground we are all team members(by
proxy) of an International Bureaucracy that mandates the location of the foul
lines and often changes their locations when we're not looking.
The fact that we're members does not render us any iota of priviledge regarding
the decision making process, hence the hue and cry of frustration expressed on
many fronts.
The status quo is a permanency that will never abate irrespective of the fact
that the voice of rebellion that dwells deep in the hearts of us all will never
be quelled in spite of it being ignored by the powers that be.
I guess the bottom line is,it's O.K. to let your voice be heard, but it's
probably best to resign onesself to" go with the flow".
G.

Bob Pastorello wrote:

> Over the past several days, I have exchanged messages with many of you on
> this burdening issue of mass....I have read every note, every thread, every
> pun (and fat joke), and I for one, have come to Resolution of the Issue.
>
> It is a Matter of Mass.  And Momentum.
>
> The leaders of the game - the "big dogs" - "the Professionals" - the
> "Serious Competitor" *are* (for good or ill) THE folks that drive the game.
> Whether we like that, or not, (I have come to learn), is a very personal
> perspective of absolutely NO value on this issue.
>
> Until the 99%, or the 88%, or the 77% make the decisions about what
> equipment is used in the game, we are undeniably at the mercy of
> "advancement".  "Change".  "Improvement". "Pushing the envelope".
> "Innovation".  The label does not matter; the effect is the same.
>
> IF we make changes to the rules that permit MORE of "anything" (weight,
> size, engines, or "maneuver specific design airframes") we are resigning
> ourselves to a fruitless chase of an unachievable status quo.  Unachievable
> because the target is always moving.
>
> FAI moves the target **For Us**.  I am now convinced.  Whether we agree,
> want it to, or don't, it does not matter....what we do is driven by FAI, and
> that's the way it will be.
>
> We are incapable of separation, because too many of us believe that "it's
> all good".  And that means we are destined to resolutely tag along
> permitting the tail to wag the dog....The One Percenters Rule....and  I'm
> now resolved to it.
>
> Therefore, I will not support changes of any kind to the current rules
> regarding size or weight.  To do so risks opening the floodgates of
> additional costs, complexity, time, and energy.
>
>             And the game is tough enough as it is.
>
> Thanks to all of you who have helped illuminate this issue so clearly for
> me.  Your erudite analysis has overpowered my logic and common sense.
>     You all will hear no further from me on this issue.
>
> Bob Pastorello
> NSRCA 199  AMA 46373
> rcaerobob at cox.net
> www.rcaerobats.net
>
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