This is to fix an exploit where the CV can help transport many players by "pushing" them to get to goals quicker, this can gain an immense and unfair advantage in a game, since you don't start out with any vehicles. A common reply to a common response would be "Running down teammates isn't the worst thing someone in the CV seat can do"
Any sort of FF is not supported by Empires. If the CV pushes team mates around, then that's team work.
If i recall correctly the CV could transport people in the Battlefield 1942 version. Or FalconX was joking.