So, I was mulling over the dilemma with making a shuttle work all game and it struck me that perhaps both it and the Firespray helped each other out.
I came up with the following "Transport List".
The Shuttle passes of target locks to the BH's allowing for them to TL and Focus each round. The Shuttle benefits from the protection the fire arcs of the Firespray. Their is of course the need to fly 3 large ships, but this may be a match made in "heaven" :-)
I could swap out the FCS for Anti Pursuit Lasers, I like both.