wow.
I have always (read the one time i've vulched) cleared all air defenses with a group, on a planned attack, before attacking anything on the ground. In fact, i'm pretty sure the kills I had were just as the plane was taking off. Also, cool_t got me on Saturday as I was taking off from Maykop. While not vulching per se, I still saluted the kill. In fact, on the times I've been attacked on the ground while spooling, I like the rush i get of wanting my engines to spool faster please so I can try to get in the air...I love just getting away, and shooting them down.
Oh, so since my a2a fighter's primary role is a2a, I should ignore the ability to shoot an enemy that is on the ground? Noted.
Maybe I have a jaded view of this vulching thing since I normally play on servers that have adequate air defenses.