George as a pilot seems unable to climb over 1000 feet

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Hello everyone! A trivial question: how to convince George pilot to reach an altitude above 1000 feet? For example, in the Syria map, as CPG I would like to fly over the Golan Heights, in FLT mode I would like to order pilot George to gradually reach an altitude of 2000/2500 feet. But he can barely get to about 1000 feet, which he doesn't even keep! If, on the other hand, I become the pilot, I can easily overcome any mountain (therefore, I reach well over 2000 feet). However, I would like to do the CPG to personally take care of the targeting operations (much more fun from CPG). I hope the solution is not to be a pilot up to a certain point and then do the CPG, because I find it really ridiculous compared to the fact that George cannot climb above 1000 feet!