(David Martin) wrote in message . com...
I flew in the 15M Nationals at Hobbs. Interestingly it was the first
contest that I flew the TAT task. I like it! I understand the 15
minute rule but don't like it and think it should go away.

I'll second that! The rule seems intended to fix something that
doesn't need fixing; the desire to finish close to minimum time. If
they want us to fly longer just make the task longer! Why call a task
and, essentially, say: "Here's your task, but we really don't want you
to do that, we want you to do this...". Its all these wacky rules that
turn newcomers off to competition flying.