I noticed in your post friendly collisions will be on. I agree this adds a little more realism to the setup. However it does hamper game play.
I don't know about the other guys who fly here, but I have never had a friendly collision in the air. All of mine have been on the spawn point or on the deck of the CV. We were wanting to try some CV ops this week, and Friendly Collisions do hamper squad ops on the ground , and especially on a CV.
We don't have air control, ground control, LSO's, spotters, crew chiefs to marshall aircraft, or any other way to manage movement on the ground, or deck.
I'd be interested in hearing if there have been that many friendly mid-airs. Just my opinon , but the Friendly Collisions cause too much trouble on the ground, and you don't see that many in the air. Usually the air to air collisions are between combatants.
This is your setup , and this suggestion is yours to do with as you wish. I'll be flying regardless.