All that means, Sancta, is that buzzard can't be convinced on this one... but I understand.
One note- people keep talking about how the ground-pounder gets screwed... and if he's Fists only, sure enough- he does.
But how often is he the only person in the fight? Usually there's a group.
So how often is a given party made up EXCLUSIVELY of fist-style ground-pounders? This is where team-work comes in. Sure, you can't hit the flyer- let your rifleman or wizard buddy handle him while you keep the minotaur off his arse.
If you are made up exclusively of ground-pounders, then that's on the party- their redundant, repeated bad. The GM is telling them it's time to get creative, or time to learn they should've been more flexible.
If your party is balanced, but the enemy is made exclusively of flyers, then that's on the GM- his bad for excluding one of the players at his table. Worst case scenario, the ground-pounder gets to earn a FP every round as a self-compel for being useless (if he doesn't have such an aspect, I'd, as GM, give him a scene-aspect to that effect; then ask him if he minds making a snacks run.)