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Proposal from
Andy Phillips, GBR
Proposal title
Briefing of alternative tasks
Existing text
S10
4.29.7
The director may set an alternative task at briefing for use, should the weather change.
New text
S10
4.29.7
The director may set an alternative task at briefing for use, should the weather change.
Where possible and practicable, the task director should try set an additional or alternative task at briefing for use, should the weather conditions change from those forecast at the time of the briefing.
Reason
The process of briefing team leaders who then have to brief their teams is time-consuming. Particularly when tasks are briefed in the evening for the following day, weather conditions can change, in some cases making the briefed task dangerous to fly. If an alternative task has already been briefed, precious time does not need to be wasted in order to fly a different task within a small window.
This has been common practice in UK competitions for several years, and has been proven to work very effectively. The new wording still does not mandate the director to do so, but lays greater emphasis on the fact that he should try to where possible.