Whelp, I got a greater dragon a couple weeks ago and let it bond, and took it out a couple days ago for a level 6 chest - mediocre partly trained dragon and I managed the AWs fine. I had three of them over the course of the chest, and had to chain heal a bit at the start when their mana was high, but it was pretty easy.
Except for the really annoying "fly away while redlined" thing where it takes three times as long to kill them at that point than it took to get them to that point. I hate that. I can spam all kill, but it seems like my pet will stop and acknowledge the command before they attack, and by the time they start to attack again the AW is flying off. If I spam too fast then they don't actually attack, they just acknowledge over and over (roar, roar, roar).
The timing on using an aid then saying "all kill" and when the aid is done applying another one and say "all kill", is just about right for them to get the AWs attention and actually fight it. Still takes a while though, stupid flying monsters. *grumbles*