No point in getting good in flying :((

[taraluga]

So I was practicing for a few days and got really good at flying the aircraft.

Then I started practicing to fire and kill targets.
To my surprise it took ridiculously long to kill just about anything.
I tried upgrading the guns which did not really make much of a difference.

Then, a bit annoyed, I landed my Schyte, exited and started shooting at it with my basic light-assault gun.
I destroyed the Schyte in seconds.

Am I missing something here, or is aircraft ridiculously imbalanced, given the amount of effort it takes to actually be able to fly??