Re: FAI "Junior Age" change proposal

From: Andras REE <ree_at_eik.bme.hu>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 23:41:47 +0100

Hi Kang,
During my long (30 years) CIAM activity this is the third time we have proposal for
increasing the junior upper age limit. After detailed discussions the previous two
proposals failed at the plenary voting. One main reason was the one in your last
sentence.
Andras

2016.02.06. 3:52 keltezéssel, ykleetx_at_gmail.com [Indoor_Construction] írta:
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> What if the junior age limit is changed from 18 to 21? In the short term, this
> would increase the pool of junior F1D fliers. Also, college students might
> actually have a more flexible schedule than high school students and can
> participate in indoor. In the longer term, will this discourage younger juniors
> from participating, when those 18 to 21 years are still at the front of the pack?
>
> I think I like this idea.
>
> -Kang
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> *Junior Age*
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> Poland propose to raise the junior age from 18 to 21.
> “Reasons” are stated to be that:
> 1 There are no juniors in some classes: eg. F4C, F4G,
> 2 There are not enough juniors in classes: eg. F2C, F2B,
> F2A, F3P, F3C, F3N ….
> 3 Some CIAM classes are very difficult. Juniors of the age
> 18 and less need to gain experience and time for building
> and practice theirs models of aircraft at a good level.
> The Control Technical Committee have proposed to raise the
> junior age from 18 to 25 just for control line, in order to retain
> the junior flyers, who it states are not competitive in senior CL
> between ages 18 and 25 and so give up at that stage).
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