But, you missed something there, Wilbur. This was an ASSIGNED task. It just happened that the run from the next to last turnpoint, to the last turnpoint, and home were on almost reverse courses. And if the guy heading for home is "fat" and the guy going to the last turn is "a bit below where he would like to be", well, they are at the same altitude, at the same point in space, going opposite directions.

Your point about MATs being dangerous because "this could happen" is missing the point that this task set it up to happen (opposite direction, likely close altitude instead of spread over the working band). And, it is only when the CD requires a close in, steering turnpoint on a MAT, that you run the risk of it happening again.

The lesson from this is do not have a 180 degree turn at a final turnpoint close to home. The lesson is not MAT tasks are deadly dangerous.

If you want to know why we are doing MAT's ask Eric Mozer. If my memory serves me correctly, it is an outgrowth of the Pilot Option Speed Task, which I believe, he designed.

Steve Leonard