You should Google the map coverage for each AA . A great example is G on Sinai . Even after the patch the range is up near C and both A and F . I ' m not really interested in debating this , tbh . Each time it ' s mentioned you end up with 50 % of people who think it ' s still OP , other 50 % think it ' s fine . People are unlikely to change their opinions . The one , nondebatable factor , is skill . Anyone with half a brain can park themselves on an AA for an entire match , move only a few times , and finish in first place with almost no effort . I demonstrated this in a video I ' ve posted here . Pilots have to utilize a lot of skill and luck to not just avoid AA , but actually be somewhat valuable to their team when 1 enemy is on stationary AA . It ' s worse in Operations than Conquest since a player can retreat to a safe zone where opposing infantry can ' t reach to attempt to help pilots . EDIT I have 300 kills with stationary AA and almost 4000 with planes in BF 1 . I ' ve experienced both sides of this fairly thoroughly . EDIT 2 Video I mentioned . Post patch .