Who were the delegates from 37 countries who UNANIMOUSLY voted for the proposed change?
That's a very good question, and raises others.
How many of those were even aware that the rule change had been altered, and from what?
Who are the 6 people who decided to misunderstand the proposal and alter it on their own volition. ?
Who are any of these people, and what qualifies them to vote on rules in an event where the acknowledged experts have already determined the path forward?
Who elects them and how are they unelected if they are not serving F2B?
How can we get the technical committee meetings moved from Lausanne, Switzerland to the conference room at the Muncie Signature Inn? That's more than idle wise-assery - having it as a resort in the Alps ensures that these boondoggle trips (which could easily be handled by teleconference of email, or even regular mail) become the goal of the exercise, meaning that the goal is not primarily to do the job they are ostensibly sent to do. Hold it in a less-desirable location (no offense to the fine people of Muncie, but we are talking about the Swiss Alps vs steak at the Roadhouse, with a stop by Dairy Queen afterwards) and you remove the desperate need to maintain your position on the subcommittee, unless you really care about the content.
Don't expect any good answers to any of those questions, and even if you knew the answers, it wouldn't matter, because you are just the revenue source - you don't actually get any say or control over the process, that is left to the august personages in the FAI bureaucracy.
By the way, as analogies they love - the FAI views itself as a "supranational" governing body, and proudly equate themselves with the International Olympic Committee and the United Nations -
the two most infamously corrupt international organizations you could possibly imagine. In fact, if you read the link above carefully, you will find that it is in fact in some way associated with the IOC.
The Chicago Olympics bid failed because even Chicago machine politician and US President Barack Obama failed to be corrupt enough to land it, the IOC opting instead for Brazil - where the effort destroyed what little was good about Rio, and the entire government later fell under scandal.
The UN - well, the UN exists primarily to extract money from the US treasury, while simultaneously finding ways to condemn the concepts and principles underlying Western civilization.
The latter is particularly apt, because, wonder of wonders, the AMA is far and away the largest of the elements of the NAA, and as a result, the NAA is far and away the largest of the National Aero Clubs that form the FAI. So, I am sure we pay our share of dues, when they hold their hands out, but when it comes time to decide, we are the "country cousins". Just like the UN, indeed.
I ask again - why do international stunt fliers need the FAI to run stunt contests for us? Can anyone answer that without accepting that their seal of approval makes it "official"? How does it help us, what benefit does it provide?
Brett