Yeah, I remember my second sortie in WB (feb 99). (The first one I got a maneuver kill on Cabby) I was somehow in a hawg, separated and behind enemy lines. On the deck and speeding home, I pass about 7 miles south of an enemy base. That's when I see this P39 coming my way.
So to answer one of your questions redant, no, that's not how newbies are treated in AH. Newbies are shot down without mercy).
As far as Yak-9s being uber -- I haven't heard anyone claim that. You must have done a damn good job of selling that bird.
I've never been accused of flying an ueber plane, but such accusations are related to actually killing people with them.
If you get shot down all the time, you generally won't get so much negativity.