1. how difficult or how rare is it to get your hands on a plane in this game, on the average server?

2. how hard is it to use said plane to shoot at infantry with the plane's built in machine gun or minigun or whatever. specifically infantry

It's gen awfull

I've been playing since 1, and if you don't grind the F out of planes , you'l get dominated fast, there isn't a casual playlist you can try , people fight for planes all the time

Look at nuclear option if you want to fly fighter jets. It's a good mix of arcade and sim and you'll be flying much longer than in battlefield matches (probably).

To your questions:I find it difficult to hit infantry but I think it's a matter of practice.
And if you're fine with waiting 1-2mins you can get a jet pretty frequently

There is no good answers to both of your questions...

Shooting infantry isn't hard, hard to find one in short time window. You should really focus on other jets, copters, boats, AA and vehicles. Only when all of that done, maybe you could try engaging infantry.

Getting jet could be very hard... It's not about rarity, just a lot of people want one.

But I think you would love copters in that game

Even if you press the spawn button when it available there is always 3-5 guys doing the same. Sometimes they even wait at the AF/carrier.

Near impossible Battlefield is "all out warfare" but only like 2 per team. So most the time you'd be looking at the spawn screen waiting for one.

1. It’s not hard to get your hands on one but it depends on the map. Some maps the planes are coveted more than others.

2. Infantry is difficult to spot but playing recon lets you auto spot if you are aiming in their direction. It can help but honestly if you take a plane your job is to keep the sky’s clear so the helis can deal with infantry.

how difficult or how rare is it to get your hands on a plane in this game, on the average server?

You will have to learn which squads spawn closest to the vehicle you want. This is different on every map and takes some time to learn. Once you learn the spawns, you should be able to get the vehicle you want 90% + of the time.

how hard is it to use said plane to shoot at infantry with the plane's built in machine gun or minigun or whatever. specifically infantry

Not easy, but not unreasonable. You need to be accurate and it will take some practice.

On the first I would say, it's pretty rare to have at least one good jet pilots, so I would say it can be pretty easy to find jet.

It's awful and unsatisfying, especially when previous games (BF3/BF1) did everything much, much better.

Want a flying game? Go get Nuclear Option on steam.

As an avid flight-combat person, I don't touch the jets in BF6.

Eyy +1 to nuclear option.

Jets are not really for engaging ground targets in bf6. Some of them have that ability, but their realy kicker is air superiority. Knock the enemy jets and choppers out of the sky. That's your big job.