I have this nasty knack for whenever I shoot an assault mech the pilot always seems to get injure and fall down and go unconscious. Suits me just fine since I don't like assault mechs.
Of course it seems I am not immune to my own luck. Last campaign I played, by only pilot death was the guy in my Templar, and a year before that my Seraph that was until that point winning a king of the hill game by a fair margin fell 6 levels and critted the gyro twice on the landing.