I don't really see what the drama is all about, I play KA-50 even when I shouldn't, on multiplayer PVP servers, and yeah I occasionally eat an aim-120, however it also gives me an exhilarating sense of fear and sometimes I have the opportunity to fight back, last week an f-18 tried to gun me down and I successfully evaded him and we were in a cat and mouse fight for a while and I almost gunned him down, if I had iglas he would be done.
Whenever I have an objective I always try and follow a route that leaves me concealed, like flying between buildings and such. It's a lot of fun IMO.