Obviously you do not really wish to accept the fact , that it is absolutely impossible to model the real world with respect to collisions.
Fact Accepted, I just think it's POSSIBLE to approximate the reality of a midair collision, rather than invent a consensual convenience.
You wish that a plane that does not touch anything be damaged in a collision.
On one front end the plane did PLENTY of touching ... Penalty called ... Here's an interesting inconsistency ... If I shoot the plane down on MY front end ... it dies ... what he sees on HIS front end doesn't matter. If I COLLIDE with his plane on my front end ... Well ... he really isn't THERE under that circumstance.
So I can only see a few possibilities for your thought process. 1. You wish to ignore the realities of time lag. 2. You do not understand the realities of time lag.
are we back to calling it lag again ...? I think the SAME standards should be applied to COLLISION LAG as are applied to SHOOT DOWN LAG ... is that any more comprehensible ? It's consistant.
4. You die a lot in collisions, and wish to try hide your true motive of just wishing the other guy would die also. 5. You die a lot in collisions, but always think it is the other guys fault, and hence he should die also.
I seldom have collisions anymore ... I consider that everyone participating in an encouter that results in anyone colliding is responsible and should suffer the same penalty.
6. You wish to be intentionally obtuse and are just trolling.
I'm not being any more obtuse than the people who disagree with me.
7. You do understand, but you do not have the ability to view how other people would react from dieing when they did not collide with anything.
I have plenty of imagination, evidently you do too.
8. You are a progressive, and believe just because you wish it so, it can be done.
I am being practical and proposing a change that would be easy and popular. Any complaints would be of the same nature as the "He shot me down when his guns weren't even pointed at me" nature. Which I think is both easier to explain AND accept.