People play this game as a single player, not a team based, game. They let goons die because they would rather furball someone who is no threat and get easy perks.
Since so few people protect goons, something must be done to insure this game remains team based and not a single player game, like many treat it.
So now we need to take some action:
Whenever a goon is shot down by an enemy fighter (not prox kiled or crashed) with all his troops, any friendly fighter plane within a half grid distance from him will lose 20 fighter perks. This is not ontop of what he already has made for the current sortie.
If a goon's troops enter a town that is not flaten, all bombers within half a grid lose 20 bomber perks. This is not ontop of what he already has made for the current sortie.
Maybe now people will start protecting the goons instead of worrying about a empty bomber who is smoking and 30k up.
If you do not like it, then I guess you do not like playing as a team, you like playing this game as a single player game instead.
Now goons will be very highly protected targets and fighters won't waste time on stupid toejam like they have been