At this point I agree. The mechanic makes no sense, can turn games in a moment, and feels stupid. Diving for a Kat to have it abandon and recrew is potentially game ending and the diving player did nothing wrong.
Agreed. Losing a vehicle because you dive is a fair loss: you're penalised for your brazen nature: that's fine. But to then gift the opponent a vehicle that you can't feasibly destroy, and one that you're not supposed to have a direct counter for, e.g. having an Ostwind abandoned to a Soviet player, is stupid.