Workaround for link promotion bug?

[Sleepdoc]

Hi Gents. I'm verynew to the game (about one week) and have only played about 8 cooperative multiplyer games so far with my buddy. I am personally only up to about page 135 in the manual and I have only played coop games using the helicopter as a my platform.

After my buddy and I had beaten our heads against a wall for the last 3 nights concerning the promotion of links from the FFG to the Helicopter, we come to learn that the failed link promotion is a known bug (arrgg).

Just to be clear, when my buddy (who commands the FFG) promotes a contact to me via the link, it shows up on my map mode with the wrong contact number (it always shows up as contact 1000 ... the FFG is always contact 1001 in these scenarios). The info contained in the contact is completely missing except for the bearing. even active contacts are devoid of any info except for bearing.

Is there a work around for this bug (other than posting manual contacts each time a contact is promotoed by the FFG to the link?)

Thanks in advance,

Sleepdoc