Though I think the idea of having players stuck "in queue" or forced to switch sides is a horrible idea in my opinion, I'll try to be constructive.

Here's my idea. How about letting players that are stuck "in queue" have the option of being a gunner, whether field or buff. You don't get points for being a field gunner anyway (not sure about in buffs, but I'm sure it could be coded that way). They also shouldn't get their name in lights for landing multiple kills while in their queued player status. In effect, it would give players that are waiting something to do, without getting credit for their kills. They would still be contributing while not getting the perks (literal and figurative) out of it. Maybe players in queue could control the auto-acks. That would be fun. Heck, I'd stay in queue just to be a town ack, waiting to blast the first set of jabos diving in on my town! Opinions?