I'm going to play the devils advocate for a minute. Is getting a shade so you can earn perks and increase rank really so bad? I don't remember reading that we can't have a second account in the EULA. Is it worse than bailing a set of bombers so the guy in the A8 with 30 mil taters climbing up to you can't get the kill? Does Hitech limit us to one account? I just don't see what the big deal is as long as we're not using that second account to gain an unfair advantage on another country i.e. locating CV's etc. After all, it's his $15 bucks.
That said, I'll call it what it is...cheesy and gamey, but is it cheating? I don't think so.