CAS Squad Leader

[MADsqirrel]

Hey!
Recently i tryed out to be CAS Squad Leader on differnt maps.
It started on a round on silent eagle as a german. The jets allready spawned and i asked if someone wants to take them. I got no response so i thought to myself "hey why not!" and made a cas sq. I am not an expert jet pilot so i thougt i leave the squad open and get some people before flying.
After 5 min i had 3 Squad Members and decided that i will stay on the ground, laze targets, watch for AA and communicate with the other squads. It went out pretty well and i tryed it that way on multiple maps with great success.

BUT

Everytime i see a CAS Squad their SQL is in a jet or helicopter and if I try to talk to them I rarely get a response or update (because they busy with flying I guess)

So my Question is what is your style of CAS leading?
You stay on the ground or in the air?
What pros and cons are there staying on the ground/ in the air?

My pros and cons of staying on the ground:

PRO:
-easy to lead
-can laze myself
-can communicate with other sqs without problems
-can place markers without problems to mark threats or targets
-I see the effect of the attacks by myself

CON:
-lazes from other squads cant be engaged as fast as if i would fly myself

pls tell me what you guys think about it.

[SShadowFox]

I like being a JTAC as SL, I can stay on the ground and receive CAS requests from Mumble (hard to receive) then I can pass the request to the aircraft I think would do the job better and faster, this avoids 2 jets going to a laser and spending their bombs uselessly, I can basically coordinate the attacks so I only send the amount of aircraft that are needed.

[L4gi]

Im a boss JTAC. Anyone who has flown in my squad can agree that when I do it, shit gets bombed and enemy team is mad!

[chrisweb89]

90% percent of the time I would say SL should be spotting, the only rare time I as a pilot I want SL is if I don't have a spotter, or a spotter that is competant enough to communicate to the team and back to me.

[_Fizzco_]

If no Spotter and in attack helis, gunner=SL

[chrisweb89]

But then you can't Q spot enemy choppers!

[SShadowFox]

The jet can still use the Q to spot enemy aircraft even though it's not the SL, everyone in a vehicle can AFAIK.

[Professorson]

i like to be SL when im gunner normally that way i can listen to SL chat to find out where and whats happening , that way my heli whores the kills

tho in jets the SL should always be on the ground

[viirusiiseli]

Originally Posted by Professorson

i like to be SL when im gunner normally that way i can listen to SL chat to find out where and whats happening , that way my heli whores the kills

tho in jets the SL should always be on the ground

Works errytime

[MADsqirrel]

Originally Posted by Professorson

i like to be SL when im gunner normally that way i can listen to SL chat to find out where and whats happening , that way my heli whores the kills

You keep a spotter (sniper) on the ground or let the other SQL laze?