Workaround for Non-local Transportation of Robots to Competitions

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

Yep, we travel by bus on the east coast, but there seems to be fewer regional slots than there used to be. I forgot, does everyone get a air bill in the KoP like we used to? If so, could they be donated to other teams?

Airbills dont come in the KOPs anymore. We put in an official request for exemption now, buts its very very limited vs. the support that we used to get.
I see this as a serious problem down the road, one that everyone knows is coming. As more and more events become district events, maybe its time to retire from FIRST. The costs are just too expensive to sustain. A $4-5,000 one way shipment from a mainland regional event back to Hawaii matches regional costs at this point.
At some point we ourselves are going to question whether the return on the learning experiences is worth that much money.
One of the reasons, we hate being from Hawaii.