I do not think it is fair for a pilot to win a match on cumlative points and being shot down in the same match. If your shot down your dead. Being dead in my book is not winning.

If the pilot is shot down but has more cumalative points he should not given the distinction of best pilot.

The best pilot in a match should not be a dead pilot. Surviving a duel is just as important.

Remenber the words of General Patton to his troops, "Your job is not to die for your county." "Your job is to make sure some other poor bastard dies for his."