I made a simple mission 4 hours ago to practice IL-78 refuelling and that has been 4 hours of tough work! Needs even more concentration than a dogfight. At least in a dogfight you know that you win some, you lose some. If I mess up refuelling it's all down to me.
Well, 4 hours in and a couple of (minor!!) collisions with the tanker and I've basically got the hang of it. It's hard though. I bet there's some automated way I'm missing.