irishone, have you been in the AVA lately? the jets were in there only 1 day. you might want to actually go in and try it out before forming an opinion based on 1 or 2 guys opinions, who most of the time, dont fly in there anyway.
as for vulching, it happens, nothing you can do about it, but try flying from a different base. that setup was so big, there was no reason to keep trying to take off from the same field. all fields were within a 3 minute flight of each other and the 262's were only at air bases. with only 10 guys in there, id be hard pressed to think you couldn't avoid a 262 on take off, based on the number of bases in there.
if you're basing your opinion on what you're reading, instead of trying to experience something and see for yourself, then you're missing alot. have fun.