When a fighter was attacked by monsters, the Phantoms always prepared to defend and fight. The main advantage of flying monsters was that they traveled freely through the air, giving them the ability to attack from any direction.
However, if there were enough strong Phantoms aboard the fighter, the flying monsters were not a problem for them. The biggest issue was that pilots could get scared and panic, it happened quite often, especially if the pilot was still a beginner or inexperienced.
But... no one ever counted on a pilot being able to defend himself. Sure, every fighter plane had machine guns and combat missiles, but they weren't used to fight or kill monsters.
It was a good way to distract or disorient monsters, after all, if a few bullets from a machine gun hit a monster's eye, it would obviously feel considerable discomfort.
Well, Refesa was going to change that rule that had always worked.
Crackle.