Honestly, I don’t know ■■■■ about the deal. But, from what I heard, that money was never going to get put towards development. It was going to go to be a bonus to people like Hilmar.
Second, what you are proposing would be absolutely terrible for game balance. AT ships are stupid OP, and the only thing that makes that okay is the fact that they are ridiculously rare.
Third, P2W much?
Forth, AT ships actually create content for a lot of people, and not just the people that fly them.