I've been back a little over a week, and I have seen one day where the Knights have held their own country intact. Every other day they have been forced into a tiny hole.
I don't care; that's the side I've always played, that is, the low side. That said, I wouldn't think twice about switching sides to fly if all my fields were closed. If I have one hour to fly, that is four (4) hops, max. I don't have time to watch the other side "own". I don't care about the war, I want to fly- that is my stress relief. Sitting in the tower waiting for a reset that the other two sides are in no hurry to make happen isn't what I paid to do.
Don't quit AH, just do the obvious, switch sides. People will squeak at you, but who cares? I think it is small-minded to ask the people on a low side to sit in the tower and let you toy with them. You don't pay your money to watch them fly, right?