In my eyes, the pilots in Plus look more like privateers than real officers. I think I'll rank the notable officers of the Macross universe according to their professionalism (subjectively, based on my own experience from my work):
Bruno J. Global
Max Jenius (never gave anyone a reason to chew him out, and he's also THE ace in Macross)
Ozma Lee
Roy Focker (save for the fiasco concerning the VF-1D with the callsign VT-102 of SDF Macross and his going out to fly while drunk in DYRL, he's always acted like a true squadron leader)
Hikaru Ichijyo (after he matured, he became a "keep civilians and troops safe" officer; and in battle he was also quite effective)
Claudia LaSalle
Misa Hayase (lets her personal grudges, memories, sorrows etc get way too much in the way of doing what she has to do)
Milia Fallyna-Jenius (while still in the Zentradi forces, she seemed to be more of an assassin, relishing in the kill, rather than an officer; at first, there was little to tell her apart from Quamzin Kravshera)
Quamzin Kravshera (the guy is a complete loose cannon and a total nutjob)
The Bridge Bunnies
Hayao Kakizaki (the guy was completely useless as a pilot - and no real pilot would ever underestimate a damage to his plane so obvious that his commander could plainly see it even before doing a BDC)
Guld Goa Bowman & Isamu Alva Dyson