Judging technique

[John Pavlick]

As a newly "certified" judge I can honestly say that judging is in some ways
much harder than flying. I had the opportunity to judge Advanced class (I
fly Intermediate). I don't think it's harder to judge pilots that are
"better" than you (higher class) per se, but it is hard to be consistent.
That's what I concentrated on most. After everyone flew I had to wonder if I
scored the first flight the same as the last. I probably scored everyone a
little higher than I should have, but then you're supposed to start with a
"10" and work down right? It would be great to just go to a contest and fly,
(no judging duties) but since that isn't going to happen, I think we need to
look at things a little bit differently. It seems we have a lot of
discussion about flying technique and setting up airplanes, etc. We should
probably be talking a little bit about proper judging technique. I know I'd
be interested in what some of the more experienced guys have to say. Just a
thought.

John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com

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