Choppers have such a tenuous balance in these games. I'd say that the critical hit thing causing the pilot to lose controls is extremely annoying in the game. At the same time, the 25mm cannons rain down hell from the sky and it's devastating to infantry if it goes unchecked. Yesterday I fired all my stinger missiles at a little bird with an engineer and he healed though it. So, get another engineer to take it out as well right? Easier said than done in a pub server. Likewise, if you actually do have a couple of engineers with stingers and no engineer repairing the chopper, you will go down in seconds. One single player on either side of the equation can break the balance completely. I feel they should do something to force vehicles to engage in vehicular combat instead of going after infantry. Make the guns as useless as the boat miniguns but give more options to lock on to air and ground vehicles. That's fair game IMO.
On a side note, good to see you on GAF dude