heh, let the reds whine.. having them with better aircrafts/UFO's would only make us improve our flying. it is always about the pilots, not the machines, and when the machines are better, most of the pilots tend to get sloppier
and, what the hell the "tighten straps" command is doing? I've completely forgot about it, I don't even know if it still is in the current version's controls screen, or if it has assigned a key..