It has been stated on both forums that C.o.D. is finished, so I think we should just let it go as far as any further fixes or development is concerned.
As far as c.e.m goes it is already stated at the new forum if you read what is going to happen with the development of B.o.S. there will be no clickable cockpits, the development will follow more in the line of the old Il2 series. For those that yet haven't, read this: -
http://forum.il2sturmovik.net/index.php?showtopic=168
It is unfortunate that a lot of us refuse to let C.o.D. die at its current level, maybe 1c will finally let the community develop it further but at the moment I can't see that happening.
Cliffs of Dover will live on for a lot of us because we have managed to tune our systems and the sim to get the best performance we can. The only thing that disappoints me is the lack of SLi/Crossfire support that was originally promised and has never officially been done regardless of what BS and Luthier have said, never mind, with the coding that Luthier posted I have at least got it working.
All said,
Merry Christmas to all and a better New Year