Midway's "logic":
In his Spitfire Mk IX pwns Shane's La-7 when you subtract the losses from when he wasn't good and if you take away the BnZ losses proving that the Spitfire IX is better than the La-7.
However, the A6M isn't better than the Spitfire Mk IX because you can just BnZ the A6M with the Spit IX.
Anybody see a tiny little flaw in this "logic"?