And yet the task you show is an AT. How many head-on collisions have occurred during MAT tasks? Come to think of it, how do mid-airs break down by task type? I'd bet that either the data is too sparse to be meaningful or that AT's have the most mid-airs (adjusted per task called) because of more gaggling. I'd be willing to bet, as well, that AT's (per task called) have the highest accident/damage rate of any task (more gaggling, more landouts, more risk of flying into bad weather). Don't get me wrong, I hate MAT's with a passion and I love AT's, but any type of task can be set up to be dangerous. It has been my experience that most CD's and task advisors are conscientious about avoiding head-on tasking. Not an easy job in contests with multiple classes.

I don't mean to offend, but are you really interested in safety or do you really just want rid of MAT's? I can get behind a movement to reduce the use of MAT's, but I don't care for the use of the safety issue as a mask for real motives.

Wallace (yes, that's my real name) Berry