I say fly what ever the hell you want and let others do the same.....
I agree with what you are saying, but this is not really about limiting what people fly. It's about how they choose to use their ords. Karnak clarifies this several posts into this thread with the idea of
perking bomb loadouts (not the plane), because of how the P-51 is abused as a high-speed bomb delivery vehicle, and in many cases a suicide one.
Yes, everyone in the LWMA should be able to fly the plane of their choice. But lifting a fighter to go fight is one thing, whereas taking heavy ponies to go crash into a CV, v-Base or fighter hangers, has a much greater impact on how
other people get to play the game. The ability to have that kind of impact on the game should come with a cost, especially for failure (not landing) and that is, perk points.
By making those load-outs which have a high impact on the game cost perk points (tied into the ENY of the plane) you may see fewer suicide jabo runs, especially using low ENY planes like the Pony-D.
A cost for premium ord load-outs could extend to any AC, and might also be an effective method for cutting down on the ridiculous Lanc-stuka and low-alt suicide carpet-bombing runs many players make over and over, regardless of their dying every time.