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On Sep 19, 1:55*pm, hotelalpha wrote:
On Sep 19, 12:50*pm, Andy wrote: Over the last two years Open and Standard Class have averaged 12 -13 pilots at the Nationals. *World Class has averaged 7 pilots. How would 10 Club Class pilots by IGC definition be any different? *Should we start thinking of ways to bring non-qualifying gliders into the Open, Standard and World Class so there is a greater pool of pilots? I believe there is enough support to have an independent Club Class within the Sports Class. *We can't expect the Club Class to grow in the US until it gets proper recognition. *We have already deviated from IGC standards. Further deviation may do more harm than good. Sean Franke Perhaps we should combine FAI classes in some way - less than 15 pilots at a nationals is a crying shame. We already prioritize team selection across classes a bit based on the relative competitiveness of the nationals. Below a certain threshold I could see, say, picking a pilot for the team in Standard Class based on performance in the 15M nationals. I sure don't think World Class is a shining example of what we'd like the breadth of competition to be to qualify pilots for the worlds. The other way to deal with this is to apply a version of the above logic to Club versus Sports. If you have more than, say, 15 pilots with above 85 seeding who complete at least 2 Nationals in a the period, flying a qualifying Club Class glider you'd pick team members from that group, otherwise you broaden out to the more inclusive definition. That may be too complex, but you get the idea. I haven't checked, but my guess is the average seeding at the FAI nationals is higher than at the Sports nationals. So, it's not just a question of 10 pilots - it's the 5-6 who are national caliber as measured by seeding, then you narrow down to the subset of those who will go to more than one Nationals in a three year period and Club Class ends up being a cozy club indeed. Show up for two Sports Nationals with a qualifying glider and you have a pretty good shot at making the team. To my way of thinking we have a choice of making 2/3 of the competitors at the Sports nationals eligible for team selection or excluding 2/3 of the pilots. We're not excluding any pilots at the FAI nationals form team selection. 9B |
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