This seems really stupid to me. Of coarse, if I was one of the very few players who might actually be able to compete for this I might think otherwise, but I think this is just going to be used as justification by those few players to do all sorts of "gamey" things to enhance their scores even more. This will make the MA an even more unpleasant place than it already is IMO.
Very sad if HTC actually thinks this is a good move to attract more interest in AH. What with all the possible fixes, enhancements, additional planes, GVs, strat, etc. that could be added to the game to increase the enjoyment of the bulk of its customers, I find it mildly disturbing that they have chosen this avenue in which to funnel their (our?) precious development time and money in order to reward a very small minority of the player base.