imo, this stems from many patches ago when the ditch model was tweeked to where it was nearly impossible to land gear-up. The fix for that gave us this ditch model that imo is softer than versions prior to the problem.
However, the older versions did seem to kill the pilot a little to easily in a crash landing. So without adding new modeling, which is more offensive? Your pilot arbitrarly being killed in what appears to be a survivable crash landing? Or being denied a kill once in awhile when you shoot the guy 50ft off the deck in his territory?
Id rather not return to the days when accidently clipping a few inches of wing on an object means an instant death for the pilot, instead of damage to the wing.
Im not saying Im aginst some sort of solution, but Im pointing out there is a balancing of factors, and the occational lost kill bothers me less than an unrealistic instant death.