I found the quote.
Posted by HT on 11-25-02, directed towards Hazed.
"We try look into any VALID discussion of flight modling that could be incorect, and have responded to some like the rocket pod jetison before.
That question is a choice on our part to make them not jetisonable, because all players would just jetison after use, and that is not how they were used. The jetison was for emergancy only, and not disposable. There for in an effort to be more realistic we chose not to have them jetisonable. And now once again just this statment will lead to another heated argument."
I doubt he has changed his mind. The rockets have a place in scenarios, but not really in the MA.