The argument I made was if this was during prime Asylum I absolutely agree with your point. But those times are gone and we dont even maintain a huge server population on a game that is over a decade old. Why gatekeep a decent helicopter to a extremely limited number of players.
Saying that rebels have what you listed can be countered by free loadouts, flashbangs, spike strips, SWAT/SRT, PilotCoveralls with a tier 2 armor value vest, same helicopter selections as rebels minus the Taru and Mowhawk, etc...
Im all for giving captains Blackfish in trade for it too, I truly don't see the point of gatekeeping certain content for certain factions when were constantly asking ourselves as a community what can we do to spruce up gameplay, especially for state we are currently in.