Fighters don't begin cruising when they are piloted, so you can move them with a stick until you enter cruise mode. So you can still park cruising fighters, you just need to release and re-pilot them so you can move with the stick again.

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I think it would be cool if Fighters and Bombers, rather than releasing upon the loss/release of the Zeppelin/APC which allowed them to cruise, they started to lower progressively their height until hitting the floor, while still allowing the pilot to mannuver the direction of said slowdown.