As a Hog n00b, I'd have to say that she handles nicely, you get a nice audio warning if you push her too hard, and the meatball indicator gives a nice indication of your approach to landing. If you have a two-stage trigger on your joystick, then it's probably a good idea to bind the first stage to the stabiliser, which will hold her in place when you fire that BFG.
Systems on the other hand, are...American. Whereas on the Black Shark you just boot it up and if it doesn't load right you hit it with a wrench, the A-10 requires a
lot of button pushing, and I think that's probably the steepest learning curve so far. But as an actual flying machine, she handles nicely.