SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS
CIVA Judging/Rules/Catalogue Sub-Committee Meetings
Lausanne, 23-24 May 2000

The joint meeting of the CIVA Judging/Rules/Catalogue Sub-Committees was called to order at 09.00 on Tuesday, 23 May 2000, by CIVA President Mike Heuer.

Present at the meeting:

Mike Heuer, President of CIVA
Jiri Kobrle, CIVA 2nd Vice President; Rules Chairman
Liz Cook, CIVA Secretary; Member, Rules Sub-Committee
John Gaillard, CIVA 1st Vice President; Member, Judging Sub-Committee
Dominique Roland, Member, Rules Sub-Committee
Karl Berger, Member, Catalogue Sub-Committee
Manfred Echter, Member, Catalogue Sub-Committee
Madelyne Delcroix, Member, Catalogue Sub-Committee

Guests:

Rudy Penteado, CIVA Scoring Director
Karen Diamond, CIVA Media Consultant

Apologies for Absence:

Kasum Nazhmudinov, CIVA 3rd Vice President; Member, Rules Sub-Committee
Hermann Liese, Chairman, Judging Sub-Committee
Hans Bauer, Member, Judging and Catalogue Sub-Committees
Bob Davis, Member, Rules Sub-Committee
Howard Stock, Member, Judging Sub-Committee
Peter Poborsky, Member, Judging Sub-Committee
Alan Cassidy, Chairman, Catalogue Sub-Committee; Member, Rules Sub-Committee
Patrick Paris, Member, Catalogue Sub-Committee

Note:  A meeting of the CIVA Glider Aerobatic Sub-Committee was also held in Lausanne simultaneously.  Helmut Stas, a member of the Judging Sub-Committee, was in attendance at that meeting.

Proposals were discussed and acted upon in alphabetical order unless related.  Conclusions and recommendations were as follows:

Australia

Proposal to delete current rules in Unlimited to exclude pilots from competition if 60% not achieved in Programme Q is recommended.  Previous wording in CIVA Regulations will be restored.
Britain

See President’s proposals regarding gender mix on teams.

New sanction fees structure of $75.00 per pilot for WAC and $60.00 per pilot for Continental Championships was agreed.  However, Sub-Committee agreed that these figures may have to change in light of other proposals recommended regarding judge and assistant judge stipends.  See President’s proposals.

Proposal regarding handling of protests before next programme can start is not recommended.

Proposals to add new Family 8 figures to FAI Aerobatic Catalogue were agreed.  Addition of new figures to Unknown list (Appendix 3 – all Parts) was also agreed.

Deletion of mandatory cut of 25% (Unlimited regulations only) of pilots after Programme 1 (Free) was agreed.  

A new form of Appendix 6 for determining aircraft eligibility for Advanced Championships was not agreed.

France

Proposal to give priority to flying Programme 4 (4 Minute Free) if sufficient time is not available to fly Programme 3 was agreed.

Proposal to require a 30-minute delay for the pilot in line to fly if direction of flight is changed was agreed.

A proposal to permit the Performance Zone to be variable in size was not agreed.

Various proposals on flick rolls and definition of horizontal lines (French proposals 4-6) were agreed.

A proposal to introduce negative flick rolls into Advanced category Unknowns was not agreed.

Proposal to permit a radio check initiated by pilots prior to entering the Performance Zone was agreed.

Standard radio phraseology for time and breaks was agreed.

Proposal to give no additional bonus points in Free programmes to sequences of less than 9 figures was not agreed.  The existing bonus point scale would remain.

Proposal to change the wind speed limits which would permit the resumption of flying after it has been stopped was not agreed.

Proposal regarding introduction of proposals that relate to safety after the 1 March deadline was deferred to plenary as this involves a change in CIVA Internal Regulations.

Proposal to include the Cobra 260 on the list of approved aircraft for Advanced was not acted upon as the aircraft is less than 260 hp and is automatically included.   No action necessary on CIVA’s part.

Germany

See South African proposal regarding restrictions on K-factors on Advanced Unknown figures.

Proposal to limit the total K in the Unknowns was not agreed.

Proposal to delete the List of Excluded Aircraft in Advanced was not agreed.

Hungary

Proposal to introduce a 4 Minute Free in Advanced was not agreed.

International Aerobatic Pilots Association (IAPA)

Proposal to create a designated Safety Officer to monitor flights was not agreed but Sub-Committee did agree that further discussion is needed at plenary.

Proposal to prohibit placing the Performance Zone over congested areas was agreed with modification.  

Proposal to prohibit flick rolls after a downward looping segment that finishes in horizontal flight (Family 7 or 8) has already been included in the 2000 CIVA Regulations and no action was necessary.

Proposal to require wind measurements to be made on the competition site or in the immediate vicinity was agreed.  Taking wind measurements with aircraft would not be authorized.

Italy

Proposal to discontinue use of rank order to determine Order of Flight was not agreed.

Proposal to eliminate the Second Unknown (Programme 3) in Unlimited was not agreed.
Proposal to include Programme 4 (4 Minute Free) in final results was postponed until revised judging criteria for the programme is written.  Work on this to be done by small working group in the coming months.

No action was taken by Sub-Committee on proposal to hold an extraordinary meeting of CIVA as this was beyond the terms of reference for the Sub-Committees and provisions for these types of meetings do not exist in FAI By-Laws or Statutes or in CIVA Internal Regulations.

Proposals to delete the List of Excluded Aircraft in Advanced were not agreed (similar proposal from Germany).  Another related proposal to exclude aircraft with more than 200 hp was not agreed.

Penteado (Scoring Director) Proposals

Proposal to introduce concept of “hard” and “soft” zeroes and to use 0.5 as the mark for a “soft” zero was agreed.  

Proposal to codify “A” as a mark calling for an average was agreed.

Proposal to define “simple majority” on the panel of Judges as more than 50% of the marks was agreed. This would take the Chief Judge out as a “tie breaker”.
 
President’s Proposals

Proposal to create a new “International Corps of Judges” was agreed with modification.  JPF history on judge candidates will be used “if known” by Judging Sub-Committee in selection of Judges for WAC and AWAC.

Assistant Judges to also be paid a $500 stipend and to be selected by the Judge.  Qualifications will be further refined.  No entry fees to be charged Assistant Judges.

Proposals to eliminate gender divisions in Unlimited were agreed with modification.  “Women’s World Aerobatic Champion” title to be retained as well as the Royal Aero Club Trophy.  Separate men’s and women’s teams to be deleted and teams reduced to 8 with a maximum of 5 of one gender.  Changes to be effective 1 January 2003.

Proposals to create new regional international competitions were not dealt with due to lack of time and are deferred to plenary.

South Africa

Proposals to limit Advanced Unknown figure K’s were agreed.  First Unknown figure limit to be 35 K.  Second Unknown figure limit to be 40 K.  Third Unknown figure limit to be 45 K.

Proposal to waive the 15 minute limit for completion of a programme in the event of weather interruptions was agreed.  Chief Judge to make more effective use of radio in communicating with competitors.

Proposal to name the Advanced World Aerobatic Champion trophy “The Peter Celliers Trophy” was agreed.

Spain

Proposal to eliminate the Second Unknown in Unlimited was not agreed (see Italian proposal).

Switzerland

Proposal to introduce rules on practice on contest sites was not agreed.

Proposal to delete rank order as method of determining Order of Flight was not agreed (see Italian proposal).

USA

Proposal on weather breaks and radio use was not agreed.

Proposal to reduce Advanced Team size to 5 was not agreed.

Proposal to prohibit possibility of unlinked or opposite spins in the FAI Aerobatic Catalogue was agreed.

Other Issues

Papers from John Gaillard, Alan Cassidy, and Ernst Paukner were submitted regarding judging criteria and K factors for Programme 4 in Unlimited (4 Minute Freestyle).  A working group of these three gentlemen was formed to produce an integrated paper for presentation to CIVA in November.

Peter Huber made a presentation of a new height measuring device for powered aerobatics.  It was agreed that tests of the device will take place at WAC 2000 in Muret.  

The meeting was adjourned at 15.00 on Wednesday, 24 May 2000.

MRH
04.06.00