I listened very carefully to what everyone was discussing last night until I had to go to bed.
The tournament definitely has a "pickle" on it's hands. However, from what I could understand from the discussion, all of the suggestions proposed appeared to possibly promote even further issues if any one of them are implemented as all of the registrants or at least their leadership would have to agree to such changes and given the differing time-zones this may not be possible even if everyone was willing as some already noted.
If you use one of the suggestions that affects the overall scoring system (ie: using dead pilots or reduced pilot rosters) than such a change may fundamentally cause a major flaw in the overall scoring system since the standard one has been used up until now. The possible variables instituted as a result of such changes will then affect how the second set of scores are determined making them at variance with the original method. Thus, you are left with only one possibility to keep the scores clean and that is to end the first part or the tournament when the teams switches sides and initiate a new tournament with a new scoring system based upon the pilot rosters however this is to be formulated.
In the end, any changes to the current tournament and keeping it as such is messing with statistical relevance making the final scores suspect as to actual accuracy as to who did better.
Just my two-cents...