@SnubbyFighterYou know there are alot of people that want to play air vehicles and level them etc. You know how much time an average noob needs in order to level a vehicle to unlock most of the things let alone tier 1.
And above everything i said, some people just enjoy flying and spending the time in the air for a relaxed game play. Not a lot of people play aggressive style with air vehicles.
This is not like older BF series where everything was unlocked by default on vehicles that was designed to do a specific role on the battlefield.
There is alot of matches where a side is not affected by one good heli fighter compared to holding or taking objectives. I have been in many matches where pilots had good score, but we obliterated them by 500-700 tickets or on average by 300 tickets.