Here's a radical idea that'll never be taken seriously, but oh well. Based on the if you die your bombs disappear (it's been talked about here before, and as tah gut said, was a feature in AW.) Obviously, if you die and bombs disappear, the whines of "how unfair" "how unrealistic" will never cease. First off, it isn't fair, IMO, that you can just throw your virtual life and plane away intentionally, have your bombs hit, and be up in the air again within 10 seconds (not to mention it isn't realistic, so don't gimme the bombs disappearing ain't realistic gig either.) So it's all about gameplay. Well, "enhance" the gameplay by adding a choice. Make the bombs disappear after death unless you "pay" for them somehow. Mechanics of this would be you load some bombs on your plane in the hangar. You click a spawn button and it asks you if you want your bombs to survive your death or not. If no, you don't lose anything when you die, but your bombs go with you. If yes, your bombs keep going on death, but you gotta pay a price. Maybe it's perk points or maybe it's a "time out" where you can't respawn for a few minutes. Whatever the price, it's a choice now, and kamikaze has consequences.
Honestly, I prefer strengthening the ships myself.