On Jan 8, 11:39*am, wrote:

To the extent that a rule affects pilot actual decision-making it's
not a strawman issue.

True enough.

However... I just don't see a) a CD calling an AAT that looks like
Frosty the Snowman and b) the day some CD *does*, I don't see the
pilot who manages to fly into the "penalty" scenario doing extremely
well but for losing a mile or so of distance. In that sense, it looks
like a strawman to me. As Mr. Eastwood once pointed out, everyone's
got an opinion :-).

On typical AATs, say a 40SM center to center first leg and 5SM turn
radius the risk of losing distance points is very small.

But I'd be okay with Andy's proposal too, unless there's some
unintended consequence that isn't immediately obvious. For "normal"
AATs, there's no difference to speak of.

And if it's point spread your after... c'mon out East :-). Doesn't
always feel like racing, but I always learn a few things.

-T8