i noticed the holding short thing as well, that's i think todo with the delta between the ways the runways are drawn and the way they are mapped.
yep and these
this one, in many cases you need to continue a little longer than you think is reasonable for jester to pick it up.
some of it, i think is basically a good mission, but was scripted early on and some of the technology has evolved or the use of scripting has, which can make things much more interesting. Though TBH it's not "terrible", from memory this campaign does come "for free" with the Tomcat so that's worth bearing in mind as well.
Try Speed and Angels , Fear the bones and Zone 5 i found them much better, I am still enjoying Reforger Part 1 and 2 but as you say it has its flaws and eccentricities