MM wrote Could someone who believes that
this
stragegy has a rational basis please explain it here?

MM,
The 15 minute rule adds 15 minutes to all competitors times. Compare two
flights where pilot A finishes at the minimum time and pilot B finishes 15
minutes later. Lets say both pilots have the same speed (distance flown devided
by their time) now add 15 minutes to each pilots time. You will see that adding
15 minutes to the pilot that already flew over by 15 minutes will be hurt LESS
than the pilot who finished right on time. The pilot who flew about 15 minutes
over will get about 10 to 12 more points with the new system. One other
troubling little problem is, when the speeds are close, the SLOWER pilot can
get more points. See Region 11, south, Avenal, day 1, Open, JJ gete 1000 points
for flying 51.72 and Ed Salkeld gets 999 points for flying 52.11. Same thing on
day 3 and day 4. Anomalies like this undermine confidence in the scoring
system.

This tweaking of the scoring system hasn't achieved the stated purpose of
giving the guy without a fancy new computer a better chance, because everybody
just flies about 15 minutes over when possible. Note, the time spent flying
over the minimum time must be spent productively, i.e. making more miles.
JJ Sinclair