Not that the farp is at alt. Its where your going is at alt. Join blue and go up to Nalchik, Beslan, Mozdoc, Nal/Suk Farp, Beslan/tib farp or Vody once. Tell me you don't go above 10,000ft. The speed also matters when timing is important. We have waited so many times for hueys to get to the AO. Send them early and they get shot down. Send them late and base starts to respawn or su27s take off without refueling to drain our cap missiles. A blue mi8 would help this problem. Having 4 transports would not.
Right now at mission start two mi8s can set up a 2 kubs by the time we up. If you were to have 4 it would be just crazy unless they have two for troops only and 2 that could do both troops/AA .