I'd like to thank anton for the information, I can imagine this is the type of information that the developers knew had to come out sooner or later, but were dreading the time the subject arose, well it has and it has been a bitter pill for many of us to swallow, particularly those who love to fly Axis aircraft in IL2.
I do wish the team every success with the game and its subsequent sales, I'm sure it will attract a new fanbase on the console format, myself - I'll be holding off purchasing until those pits are available, I spent 95% of my PC time in the 109 and 190 cockpits, without them the game won't be the same to me, call it anal/silly - whatever, its what I enjoyed in Il2 , and that is what needs to be there for me to enjoy the title.
In the meantime there is Forza 3, OF Dragon Rising to fill the time - I'll be keeping an eye on what happens with BOP though
