1. Leading points are not leading points at all. The name is
misleading and has mislead pilots for a decade. If used, they need to be called
something else. Departure points are no better.

2. The nominal distance isn't what you think it is and to determine a nominal
distance that divides days where the average pilot goes less than the normal
task distance from days where the average is equal to or greater than the
expected normal task distance requires greater nominal distances than have
normally been used. It also requires a small amount of algebraic manipulation.

3. The
GAP 2002 document states that: "GAP is designed to reward the pilots who
make the decisions." GAP does not do this.

4. The three different versions of GAP produce about the same results. Arrival
time points have the advantage of being understandable and actually correctly
named.

5. I doubt that anything that I have said in these articles will lead to any
changes in how things are done, except changes I make in competitions where I
have the power to make such changes.

6. It doesn't really matter as the best pilots will come out near the top no
matter which scoring system we use. If we used a completely different scoring
system maybe that would change who the very best pilots are (as the previous
statement is a tautology).