You know what...at this point I'm already seeing level 25 pilots that fly into the edge of the map, reverse and full speed their galleon for the remainder on a tour of the birds of the fjords, so whatever, go for it...
I've seen a level 12 go on a Fjords adventure (breaking the map edge) and a level 30 take an all lumberjack Galleon while claiming he could control engagement distance, against a pair of goldfish...
So the best of both worlds... Oh and Ceresbane found the prestige button, so I've seen it all...
He also found the button to only play helm as a gunner.
I do agree that it would get peoples levels up to fast, but maybe it should be the novice system that needs to be nerfed.
Nobody agrees with me here, but in my mind, novices are level 30+. Yes, that means I only just got out of novice... with one class xD