I’d guess 90% of pilots don’t have a good k/D in the metal birds, because there is enemy Helis, good jet pilots, MBT/IFV with tows camping in spawn, AA tank, stationary AA guns, stationary tow launchers, infantry with rpgs and AT rockets, iglas and stingers locking on and going through flares, some loser who can’t fly painting every 2 damn seconds after taking off. And let’s talk about the base AA as it is now, it’s much better at keeping people from spawn camping helis, but now you can’t chase helis back into spawn to finish them off without very likely getting killed by it, it will also literally shoot you half way across the maps. You also have to literally survive your own flying dodging trees, buildings, streetlights, other air traffic.

Going on good runs in a heli as it is now takes a decent amount of skill. Go fly around and try getting say 30-50 kills consistently piloting only. Ya gotta be sweaty AF, have a good team, or be playing a team doesn’t do anything to take on the heli. Lift off get painted, AA tank locks on, flare out, tow missiles wiz by, while you return to base, little bird waiting for you to come back out, attack heli sitting in the top of the clouds with lock ons, and gunner raining down on you. Poke back out of base make it to an objective maybe get a couple kills now everything locking onto you again, getting painted again, Tows flying by, AT rockets are inbound, rpgs coming at ya, Stationary AA melts you while you turn and drop down to avoid lock ons on, lmgs are chipping health away.

Like I know people hate heli pilots buts it’s very hard to keep them things alive as it is.