I think there's confusion between "drift" and "sliding." They aren't the same thing... Slower fallers have more drift (with the airmass), and whoever moves around more in relation to the airmass is sliding more.
Billvon is saying that freeflyers slide more and belly flyers drift more.
I'm not sure it makes a difference who slides more... encroaching on someone elses airspace is bad no matter who it is. But the whole idea behind putting RW groups out first (on an upwind jumprun) is that they are exposed to the wind longer, and therefore drift farther (away from the faster falling groups). It is unlikely (assuming an upwind jumprun) for an RW group to drift under (or over) a freefly group. They drift the other way.
This is really important to understand... nobody should go suggesting that we change the exit order without understanding why it is the way it is.
Dave
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