I was on last night and changed over to fly with a couple of squaddies. Once they logged off some logged on to a different side that was then low number. I could not change over.
I ended up watching a show about jets on History 2.
That's about how it goes. It is ridiculous. The only ones worried about the switch time being less-than 12 hours are the ones worried about winning the war, getting cheated and players married to chess pieces.
I'm more interested in who I am flying with, than for whom I am flying. I will fight for whatever chess piece I happen to be on at the time. I and many others have friends on other countries that I enjoy flying with but the 12 switch has limited me as to how often I can do that. I prefer to fly with squaddies but, in the event that there are none on when I log on, I used to like to switch to fly with others confident in the fact that, if squaddies logged on, it was going to be less than an hour before I could go rejoin them.
Sadly, this option has been eliminated from the choices that I am allowed to make. This is evidenced by the ever-declining amount of time that I have spent in-game since the 12-hour rule was re-implemented.
Anyone worried about cheaters, perks, score, winning teh warz, etc has really got to get a grip on reality. Be loyal, honorable and competitive in some real-life situation. Go out and marvel at the big orange ball in the sky. It is apparent that you haven't been spending enough time underneath it.