Am I the only one having this problem? (Multiplayer)

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by Zatoichi_Sanjuro

I've shot people up so their plane is flaming and the pilot bails out and it is instantly counted as a kill. How is killing the engine only without flames any different? Both planes are effectively dead.

That's because the game sees an exploded engine as an automatic kill. A failed engine isn't an auto kill. Just like a broken off wing is an auto kill but a sevearly damaged wing that can no longer create lift is not an auto kill.