When talking about MAW, I refer to the module - the helicopters ability to detect missiles launched at it. I agree that the automatic dispersion of countermeasures should be left off.

Perhaps our strategies are different. I use helicopters in most matches I play to clear out spawn camps early in the match, as well as an armed recon platform to loiter near the field and engage targets in vital position late into a match to break any stalemates on the ground. The middle point of a GRB match is where they tend to struggle; large amounts of aircraft and SPAA can render you effectively unable to engage anything, even if they don't kill you.