I dont think people have the time to be realistic on average most people fly about 1-2 hrs when they log on. Iam fortunate I can log and play 4-5 hrs a night if I want so I can afford to be reailistic . example last night I upped ju88's from a5 to hit v70 radar station 100% fuel and 24bombs full load .I set out my path and wanted to reach 30k over target but a ju88 cant get that high so I setteled for 20k . I approached target as usual two spits were waiting for me. I thought sure would be nice to have some escourt , but whose gonna fly with me for an hour to reach target most likely noone. If I would have been able to return to the nearest base the entire flight time would have been 1 1/2 hours most people just dont have that much time.
But your right the CT is just a smaller MA ,our squad has pretty much decided to just play in the MA, less there be a PTO setup in the CT.And the other night when just 5 ppl on I was getting vulched to death that was pretty much the lamest thing I ever saw, are ppl really that concerned about there score?