The REAL problem with Aces High is they don't have a new users' arena. I was teasing some noob on ch1 named airhead3 bout "stealing" my name and someone commented "don't worry, he'll be gone in two weeks"- and that's the problem. Noobs come in, get clubbed and leave.
The solution would be a new users' arena like AW had so noobs could fly against each other. The training arena is cool, but with the ammo turned down it's not demonstrative of MA action. A new users arena, in which your IP could be banned from having ammo after so many kills, would also give squad recruiters a chance to recruit, and might retain so many noobs who come in, die for two weeks and leave.