J.A.B. quote: "True straight BnZ wastes huge amounts of E relative to your opponent (it allows him to equalize E-state pretty quickly), and it also fails to really use E as a means of gaining position. "
Wow I can't disagree with this enough, unless I have misunderstood. I use E fighting /BnZ to herd multiple opponents beneath me. Anyone that approaches my E state is either shot down or forced into an aggressive, E degrading manuever. Unless someone manages to run away and come back with alt, I(and many E fighters, I'm sure) can hold my E advantage almost indefinitely in my pony*. I imagine it would be even easier in a plane that climbed well.
*I'm not saying E advantage gaurantees victory.. smart pilots will try for those snap shots as I go back up.