I been in the AvA and think its a great place to go really. I enjoy having Fuel burn at 1.0 and the more historical nature of the arena. Radar's flash but don't show you where the planes are, so its for more advanced players in the game. Not your typical "Follow red dot on radar to intercept".
Also carriers going down take hour(s) to respawn compared to 15 minutes in MA.
I flew with JG54 years ago and have to say it was a great bunch of luftwaffe pilots they usually were outnumbered 2:1 always against spitfires and P51's. However such a combination of things will make this arena not work, specifically the skill level being 98% Axis based.
No im not trolling either, but last time I ran into someone in the AvA arena I got muted for laughing at the picking attempts and was muted and left and never came back. Honestly even if you lowered the AvA even to the Late war arena standards of gamey playing ability, I dont think it would do much to revise it.
I do charish the memories of my best flying time was in the AvA arena, so far its only second to FSO.