I switched sides a couple of times over the last few days. Most weren;t bad, (although I did get a 'Hey,didn't I just shoot you down' from one of my new country mates.)
But switching isn't always the answer, particularly when numbers are real low. Did it once to be on the outnumbered team, within a half hour people had logged and my new team was on top.
I also worry about the future of a game where the main strategy to encourage someone's idea of fair gamelpay seems to be to make players as frustrated as possible.
Sure, the guys who find AH to be like crack will stick around, but I know lots of guys who only fly maybe once a week during squad nights. Piss them off enough and they'll decide it's not worth it and leave. While the powers that be don't seem to care all that much about who leaves, I'd personally be sad to see some of these guys go.
I think this game needs to add a few more carrots and a lot fewer sticks.