The rules state that if you leave the map without honour - bugging out of the side rather than trying to get to your baseline - will halve your points.

If you leave over your own baseline you have left with honour and reduce the victory conditions should your opponents’ win as you are deemed to still be on the playing area.

Does a person leaving without honour also reduce the victory conditions?

If so that's a cheat because what you're doing is ensuring your opponents can't get maximum points for the victory and it gives you a better chance to win the league. (yes, I agree, people who have a stuck rudder don't have any option but that shouldn't affect victory conditions in their favour - their plane is uncontrollable)

You may gather I don't know the answer but have found a number of opponents doing this recently and am wondering why they are choosing this method of leaving the game.

Kit