Well, I'm a total nooblet (been playing AH for about 10 days now), and I can consistantly kill the AI by simply getting him to chase me down to the deck and get low and slow. A click or three of flaps at the right times and it's pretty easy to get a firing solution on him. Also, seems like one quick burst on him is almost always enough to make him bail out... Even when he's on the deck about 10ft off the ground.

Splat!
All in all, head and shoulders above the orbiting drones.