Well, excluding the bomber decks, we've used literally every letter of the alphabet except Z for maneuver decks. So that we can keep adding new ones, the obvious solution is to use 2 letters or a letter and a number for new ones. My recommendation would be to use the same first letter for all new (2 character) decks, and assign the second letter to whether seems to "fit" for the airplane, or the one of a similar one character deck. (There's been a tendency, as far as I've noticed, toward assigning letters that seem to go with what airplane they're used for, or what's in the deck.) I would suggest "S" instead of "A," as well as possibly assigning the second letter based on similarities to to existing decks.
So, if the Sopwith Pup were to get its own deck (which I would actually recommend - a "D" deck but with only one 90 right, and maybe downgrading the short sideslips somewhat, if need be - it would greatly balance its much earlier date), good choices would be "SD" ("resembles the D deck") or possibly SP ("the deck the Pup has").
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