So you don't like it when you finish off a smoking bird or one leaking fuel and you get the kill message opposed to an assist? That player is still a danger to you in his damaged bird.
So are you frustrated by lately it seems when good sized furballs happen, so many players are rabidly trying to get kills, and all everyone talks about on range is assist city? Some of that is the internet and all the localized players in your 4 square miles.
So you then either want the damage modeling changed or, even if you get a single .303 into the tip of a wing before anyone else hits your con, and someone finishes that con off, you get the kill.
Hitech, please return us to the damage bubble where 50cals killed runners at 1000yds as the AH standard with a few pings.