Lets put it this way....... You play a certain type of music. You enjoy it, its fun. Unfortunately for you not many others like what you play. To them its too loud, maybe too fast, what ever. Sure you can play it to your hearts content, but your not going to make any money on it. Venues wont hire you because you dont draw in the crowds and the crowds are where they make their money.
Aces High, is here to make money. Removing ENY would create more and more lopsided population. Over time those being on the low numbered side all the time end up quitting.
Another thing, Aces High IS a TEAM game, whether you play it that way of not. I doubt very much that Hitech would model the game to align with one, or a few players. He is going to make it work for the larger group..... more money.
Now, could ENY be work on? Yup, but is it worth the time and effort at this point. Im sure the ENY numbers could be reworked, and I would love to see an "Area ENY" that way when you have more players than the other teams but are fighting both teams on two fronts. ENY shouldnt kick in so much in those cases.