I never gave much attention to the whiners.
It is in fact the pilot, not the plane.
Complaining the reason you got shot down was solely to do with what airplane he has is ridiculous.
As for it not being fair, well...it is fair. All sides fly the exact same airplanes. There are 0 differences between them. It doesn't get much more fair than that.
It will also be true in the new perk plane setup. It won't unbalance the game. The rules the enemy player and yourself are playing under are exactly the same. It would only be "unfair" when they could get have perks and you cannot.
Using the argument that players who play all day vs casual players is also statstically fair. The fact is, it isn't how long you play, but how well you play when you are online. He may have flow five Me262s before you got online, but when your both online your equal on how soon you get the next one.
Some people need to go back to math class and relearn the chapter on statistics.
Hans.