This is an awesome idea! I'd like to see this in action. A thought I just had was to allow the radar operator to have a 360-¦ rotatable view of the Dropship, with a HUD that displays tactical information on both aerial and ground threats. Any infantry carrying weapons that pose a direct threat to the Dropship itself, such as Forge Guns or Swarm Launchers and even tanks, will have an icon above the player chevron, indicating a possible attacker. The radar operator can tag this player or vehicle so the gunners and pilot can work together to either neutralize, or evade the threat altogether. Swarm volleys can be indicated by a different icon, possibly a red flashing reticule around the volley to help the operator detect the threat and take appropriate measures to alert the pilot to evade immediately, and/or alert the CM operators to launch the CMs.

On a side note, should CCP implement any of these ideas into DUST, aerial battles would become incredibly epic. I would love to see more aerial battles. Dropship vs. Dropship. Each vessel striving to take the other out while dodging and weaving through the map to evade both ground and aerial AA fire. Imagine the victory cheers to be had when a Dropship team works together successfully to bring down an enemy Dropship of equal capabilities. Oh the glory!

I have to say I doesn't take THAT much skill to hit a drop ship just a little bit of math, I remember blowing up a dropship during it's afterburner cycle with my assault forge gun, I'm not saying it's easy to hit a dropship with a forge gun I'm just saying it's not hard. I would like to see a bigger indicator of where the shot is coming from and this is along the lines of what they are asking for....