You gentlemen need to lighten up a bit. A lot of people were doing this in ships, SBs and acks. I lost a P-47 to a "dead" ack. Thereafter, I avoided flying low over enemy fields. No big deal. Later, I got my revenge - in spades. It's also true that a lot of guys didn't realize it was a bug. Even if they did, so what? Recently we had a reset bug in the CT that allowed people to fly late-war aircraft in an early-war scenario. Shane and I tried for hours to keep people in the aircraft listed in the MOTD. However, after running up against P-51s and C-Hogs over and over again, I said "screw it" and grabbed one too. The bug was fixed a few hours later.
I fully expect people to take advantage of a bug, and you had better expect it too. Why? Because, once it starts, there's no stopping it.
My regards,
Widewing