Oh Jake...but you said..I'm going to take that kudos back!
Let me re-iterate. In the question of balance, you cannot include skill. Saying that you kill loads of bombers in your **** is not particulalry useful. The pilots must be of exactly equal skill to assess the balance.
We don't have that luxury here but we can have general concensus.
If the majority of players think bombers are overpowered, then they probably are. If they feel they are not, they aren't.
If it's sort of 50-50, then that counts as a 'not'.
After a result, take another look.