<div>I had your #2 answer only Derek, otherwise I think it could work. I feel an Fai pilot is just as capable as any other pilot to judge his own class. Also an Fai pilot could be just as objective as and other judge. I only say this as Masters judges could also be a lesser judge for the competition if their team member is flying against a rival. Not saying it happens, but it could. I haven't attended a nats yet, so I don't know how the judging is. Just my opinion, I know you've been there many times Derek. I'm sure I don't have a clue. lol <IMG src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/29.gif"></div> <div> </div> <div>C<BR><BR><B><I>Derek Koopowitz <derekkoopowitz@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I can think of several reasons why not to use semi-final judges...<BR><BR>1. Who says that they are good judges? Just because one can fly a
sequence<BR>doesn't mean one is a good judge - seen this many times over.<BR>2. Could be a conflict in certain cases - what happens if one semi-final<BR>pilot feels they should have made the finals instead of some other pilots?<BR>3. Can they truly be objective - all the time?<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org<BR>[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of JShulman<BR>Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:04 PM<BR>To: NSRCA<BR>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] FAI Judges for finals at the Nats<BR><BR>Happy Easter<BR><BR>Last night the great dinner discussion was why can't we use Semifinalists as<BR>Finals judges during the Nats. I know this has come up before, but not sure<BR>if it was ever discussed more, or what the outcome was. Why couldn't we use<BR>semifinalist pilots as judges? What better pilots to know the F sequence<BR>than those that have to fly it?<BR><BR>When you are all done with your Easter weekend,
this should help bring in<BR>the new week...lol.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Jason<BR>www.jasonshulman.com<BR>www.shulmanaviation.com<BR>www.composite-arf.com<BR>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked by AVG.<BR>Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.8/1338 - Release Date: 3/21/2008<BR>5:52 PM<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR><DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#0000bf size=3>Chris </FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><p> 
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