no kidding.. i'd love to get back the 20K+ perkies i had (and 10k+ for gv/bmbrs) when i left the game.... meh... not that i used them much, but... i earned them!!
That's actually the primary reason I kept my account open when I left the game for a few months. Funny thing is, I only have a few thousand of each category, not nearly as many as you had and I hardly ever fly perked planes. I have more fun in planes like the C205 or the 109F. Sure I'll up a C-Hog once in awhile if I am forced to fly from a CV. Or maybe a 262 on a whim. I'm honestly not sure why I ever cared about my perkies.
I guess it is simple human nature not want to lose something you earned, even if you will never use them anyway.
I guess it is nice to know I can up any plane in the set quite a few times before I ever have to think about the perk cost.