look at it from the 'lolwut' perspective. would you be willing to deprive the pride and joy of an eager new player who just bought a shiny new cap that he takes immeasurable pride in so you can make the game more realistic?
I do agree that in some situations caps are overused and can cause lolwutish behavior, I think the same can be said about fighters... talk about overused, and even lolwuts are using them! how lame is that? maybe we should just make all ships SRP only.
would you give a 7 year old control of a nuclear submarine (metaphor for caps)? hell no - that's unrealistic!
what about a million dollar military jet fighter (metaphor for fighters)? yes - it contributes to realism
is our goal to create a mod that accurately reflects realism? then cut out jump gates, trade lanes, docking rings, hell space combat at all is unrealistic... lets play for fun.