Fighter Coordination Team is going to allow you to position/re-position your Snipe unit as long as they are outside of that 1" engage when you use it. On a carrier it's like a free mini-squadron command. Couple that with Flight Commander or Admiral Chiraneau and I think the Imperials might have a bit more success in the squadron fight.

The mechanics are almost backwards. Brute strength of the rebels vs the required finesse of the Imperials....

There is some setup cost but I think snipe will go a ways to defeating key squads such as Intel... Though i imagine nothing is going to replace mithel or ig88 anytime soon