Yeah. It woulda have made sense if they were going for the record, but once the first one fell apart and sent pegasi flying like shrapnel... I'd like to hear the explanation. "Well, I mean, I know that these Pegasi are in horrific danger, flying in an unstable funnel cloud and all. Not to mention that Cloudsdale only does this once a year, and that if they don't succeed here then lack of water supply will prevent cloud production, therefore dooming Equestria as a whole to drought and therefore starvation. But I worked my way up the chain, I earned my spot as a supervisor dammit."
Oh Spitty, why?
As a second point, was I the only one utterly convinced that Fluttershy was going to roll in with about ten thousand birds and butterflies to add wing power? I would have put money on that 20 minutes into the episode.