These missions are a lot of fun, tbh...especially for the right ship. I wish they were a bit more personable and would give us pilot details (a specific occupied escape pod). Also, I find these to be even MORE fun in a wing. You have the one Anaconda to pack the pods and 3 DBS scouting the area for the pods. The Annie can act as the mothership and house the fallen pilots until we all get back to base and log our findings...
Searching by sight in a Conda is not very efficient. Lol. Not impossible, but not efficient.