I fully agree on your points, Ice.
First concern, at this stage of the game: numbers.
My threads (hmmm...really overshoot the whole thing, heh) are aimed not to bring realism to MA (I would like, but I realise that maybe it's not doable at the present time), but to see wether realism desires are majority or not within this forum. Even though I might agree that board readers are minority, with regards to the total number of playes, I think that we are a valid feedback indicator because:
a) We are (I feel we are) more compromised with the game/sim
b) We usually been flying AH for long.
I do not want to bring anything to AH. I stated several times before that I trust Htc. in their work, and It's evident that they are really hitting the target with the gameplay/realism balance, just look at the numbers. My interest is only informative. I dislike sentences like "...we do not need that..." or "....this is gamey for the majority of us...." just for the sake of it, and I would like to see some numbers. Maybe the ones not present here see things otherwise, but the opinions/votes here are actual numbers, and represent actual flyiers' opinions on some particular issues. That's all.
Ah! sorry for the flood!
Cheers,
Pepe