I never have squelched a player or a channel. I was never bothered by what anyone said on CV1, as long as they were not cussing or belittleing someone.
I'm not the world's fastest typest....I will hardly ever look up the correct spelling for someone's ID, type that into the channel box and talk to them in private......I type too slow. On channel 1, I could just say a quick "nice shot" or even and "lol" after I'm shot down.
I will miss not having it available. One of the best things channel1 is good for is telling everyone where you are flying so they can come try and kill ya ( in my case, I die very easily). Or, asking a quick question on channel1 almost always gets a helpful answer.
HiTech, I guess you thought a lot about it, but it does seem like a harsh thing to remove ch1 entirely.