i dont mind suicide attacks on cv's. If they want to keep their CV they should CAP it. Relying on the CLEOACK (tm) to keep the task force safe should be a mistake the enemy should pay dearly for.
I have my own method of dive bombing and surviving, but its pointless if hitting the CV with 2k of ord and 10 rockets wont affect it, since it takes 8k to sink it. And the cv is 100% operational until you sink it. So I say, what the heck and deliver the bombs in person, making 100% sure it hits and up again. The point is to sink the carrier.
Perhaps its lame, unrealistic, etc. But I find it even more lame to see an enemy cv without players CAP'ing it and that launches horde after horde and no way to stop it other than to put 8k on CV and protected by unholy ack (which, if the fleet is close enough to land, can make a defense be nearly useless since every con you engage will run to their protective AAA) and BVR flak "I-will-puff-you-if-you-go-above-5k" and supported by clipboard-targeted fleet guns (a decent fleet gunner can level a small field on his own.. and the fleet has 6 such guns).
Perhaps if the CV's took damage per each K of ord that hits it, things would change.
My suggestion:
1) Add 2 new ship types to the fleet. An OILER (aka oil tanker), a troop ship and a supply ship. If you sink an oiler the CV planes will lose 25% fuel for each oiler lost (for a total of 50% if both are sunk) . if the supply ships are sunk, only the smallest bombs and rockets will be avaliable. If the troop ships are sunk, no troops will be avaliable for lvt's. put 2 of each the task force and have these ships sink with 4k of ord.
2) CV DAMAGE // EFFECT
2k // fuel down by 25%
4k // fuel down by 50%, only small bombs and rockets avaliable
6k // fuel down by 75%, no ordenance
8k // swim swabbie!
3) Fleet only dies when ALL ships have been sunk. No more nonsense of CV sinking and all the ships dissapearing. CV would "respawn" in the fleet every 30 minutes, CA every 20, DD's every 10, supply/troop/oiler every 10 minutes.
This way a fleet can be crippled without it being sunk. If there is no CAP on the fleet, its a dead fleet. Sinking the CV would only get rid of the aerial aspect of the fleet, but the CA and DD's would still be a great threat to a field, especially if lvt's and PT's storm it. And since the fleet dont dissapear, the other country will have to sink every ship in the fleet to stop them.