British skins on German planes?

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Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

The user interface was designed by Oleg's brother in law, Sergei. Mrs Maddox put Oleg up to it and made him hire the guy, even though he had no experience in such things. He hadn't had a job for years, was moping around the house and was quite frankly a bit of a no hoper. But it would make the family sooo happy if he just gave him a chance...

Well, that's how I imagine it. I can't believe it was designed by a professional at the top of their game.

This has been the most logical explanation for the UI so far.
Just what happened to the original IL2 staff of programmers?
Gulaged because they wanted a wages rise?