Really? Red's certainly the worst mage color, but HNowi has the best stat spread, weapon, and skills out of the 3 mage fliers right now. Atk/Res Bond gives her a huge boost to her res, which is already the best of the 3, and makes her able to tank even blue mages. It's also a great skill because it works in the enemy phase, which is something fliers really need against enemy mages. Her weapon's also clearly the best, fliers will always enjoy having greater mobility (I'm not even running GAzura because of this), and also incidentally has the highest MT of the 3 mage flier weapons, giving her the highest attack. She also has good speed, but both speed and attack tend not to mean much of anything in a hone/goad flier team, which is what makes the Res boost that much more delicious.
e: ninja'd, but my point still stands