We have all seen the "hovercraft" phenomenon, the "flaming dart", and the "tail-less" flop, and know that the plane is dead. Yet some still insist on shooting the crap out of it hoping to get the kill.
I love to see the kill message appear in my buffer and then watch the dweebs lost their alt, spend ungodly amounts of ammo trying to make it explode, and then end up augering or getting bounced.

If the plane is not flying with some sort of forward movement, then I consider it dead and will not shoot at it ...
UNLESS ...
One of my squaddies has shot the plane, or one of the BKs has shot the plane (especially Lazs), or one of the 13th TAS has shot the plane. Only under those conditions is it fair to "steal the kill" cause cod knows, they will do it to me ...
