<--Apllauds the designers for the initial attempt at adding some variety and the wisdom to make some needed adjustments after the first run. Any criticism of these decisions would seem a little selfish to me and probably come from the side that won the frame. Yes, I was on the losing side so feel free to disagree with me.
It would seem obvious to me that the side who has only to worry about defending should have the lower number of pilots. Defenders objective: climb to the stratosphere and wait for bomb laden enemy planes to appear below you knowing that their success depends on reaching and destroying the target. Jabos can't dive on a target from 30k so it's very unlikely they will have that much alt on ingress. This is not a criticism aimed at CMs but at those who would complain about the adjustments being made to make it fun for all. My $.02