IMO, aircraft allocation based on ranks doesn't make sense in its current implementation.

In my DID career in MFFA 2, we now have both DFWs and Rolands in the same squadron. There are altogether four DFWs and five pilots (six pilots at full strength). But for some reason, one or two of the DFWs are always kept in reserve and some of the pilots are forced to fly the older Rolands.

Is there a historical precedent for this? Why would the squadron handicap its performance like that? If there are enough newer and better aircraft available to equip all the pilots in a flight, why are some of the pilots flying the older aircraft?

Maybe this has been mentioned already, so I apologize if I'm repeating it. It just doesn't make any sense to me.


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James McCudden, Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps