So after a few more career missions:
1. Who flies at -3C temperatures in the rain with a stiff wind and 1000m ceilings?
2. Why don't the AI land/takeoff into the wind?
3. Why did my AI lead decide that diving headfirst into 3 enemy but 250m over their own airfield was a good idea?
I've returned from ~10 patrols, once wounded, two victories. Nearly every single flight at least one of my flight (usually lead) is wounded, crashed, or killed. The auto-resolve flights and the actual flights are so disparate in result it's stupid.
Is there any way I can change some career values so we stop flying in poor weather, fly at a reasonable speed in cruise, and at a respectable altitude? Also, I'm pretty sure that the 11:05 takeoff time means we takeoff at ~11:10 because warm up time isn't included in the calculation for flight planning. I think this is why my flight always runs flat out from WP to WP, because they are 5m late due to T/O.