Then I really don't see the point of carrying a Stinger around. I rather have the RPG....because you can still take out the opposition ground forces with the RPG.It sucks to a degree, but most guys (with flares) in the air tend to avoid the areas where people are trying to shoot them down from my experience. The ones that don't avoid my airspace don't really focus on ground targets, or they get shot down because they weren't paying attention.
However, I do wish there was a longer cool down time for deploying counter-measures. As it is now, you still won't have the time to get a second lock before they have flares ready to go again.