One result from the competition survey

Andrew Vanis is working on the final document of the results of his survey

One result stands out for me:


 

Do not yet feel ready for competition               42
I don't want to compete                                     38
No time                                                                21
No comps close to my home                                20
Can't afford it                                                     16
Don't know how to learn about it                        12
No foot launch competitions (or too few)           11
I feel that the competition pilots are elitists       7
Don't like the National Team Selection System   1

This result from the pilots who haven't competed (the target audience for the USHPA Competition Workgroup) shows rather dramatically that the current configuration of the NTSS is not the reason people are not competing, but this appears to be the main feature of the USHPA Competition Program that the Competition Workgroup is trying to change.  They are working on the area that makes the least difference.

I have heard that they have changed their focus toward the biggest issue shown here, getting pilots who haven't tried competition into competitions that can cater to them. We'll see if that if fact is true.