Well, I won't be playing the game often (if at all). And I do not think anyone at UBI will read this.
IMHO, it will be fantastic if it would be possible to join as a gunner (or maybe flak operator), but
not as a pilot, on the computer that was not activated.
Same applies to the tanks/ships/etc - gunners should be recruit-able among non-technical guys for free./
Though FPS shooter authors will sue Oleg for dumping, I afraid
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And I hope that in some point in future DRM will be dropped. As it was in Il-2 itself.