Ahhhh. My bad. I've only flown AHII.
Cut to the chase .... the kill credit/bail/ditch/capture/die system in AHII isn't any different than it was in AH (since the first day I played) .... so to suddenly discover how it works after a long time of living in blissful ignorance about the details and "protesting the change" amused me. Nothing personal. I think Hawk'll get over it.
I enjoyed AW and WB. TR is coming along. WWIIOL didn't hold my interest long with the FM. Never did give FA a try. But what system they use really doesn't have anything to do with this.