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all the time i get kicked or banned when flying, i can fly properly and all these really concerned team members are running up to me saying 'im stealing' their helis or jets what is this shit? im banned from 2 servers already

Most servers have rules for reserving assets for squads. What this means is that the first squad named "Trans" / "Helicopters" or "Tank" or whatever gets to use those assets.

If you want to use those assets, then ask for permission from the squad leader. If you just randomly join a server and hop in to a helicopter, then yes, 99% of the time you're going to get kicked or banned.

Also, you've posted this in the PR:Arma III section of the forums.

I lol'd @ OP.

martial artist wrote:all the time i get kicked or banned when flying, i can fly properly and all these really concerned team members are running up to me saying 'im stealing' their helis or jets what is this shit? im banned from 2 servers already

Have you ever read the message on loading screen?

Have you taken a look at name of squads?

Have you actually practiced in singleplayer/coop?

You want to fly a jet? Join the CAS squad.
You want to fly a transport helo? Join the TRANS squad.
You want to do what ever you want? Play vanilla BF2

Something similar happened to me. Funny thing is that I was returning the heli back to base when an APC shot at me, I lost control of the heli and I crashed it on the top of the admin, causing TK.

I think I was permanent ban, lol.

In the long absence of any commanding force and considering the artificial value of these assets, servers will (almost) all enforce a named squad rule in an attempt to keep the peace between squabbling children.

By naming your squad "tank", you claim all tanks for the whole game for you and your squadmates, anyone else who wanted a turn can suck it. Same thing with "trans" for transport helicopters or "cas" for anything that flies and has a gun. Of course occasionally all the transport helicopters will fall under the purview of the cas squad, usually when there is no trans squad. Some other common squad claims are "apc" and "mortars".

Moral of the story, if you're not there at round start to jump in as squads are being opened and you don't want to play infantry, find another server and try again. There is rarely an opportunity to jump into an asset mid round and fixed wing aircraft draw people like moths to the flame, they'll almost always be claimed by the time they spawn.