If you give the "bail out" order, does the crew automaticlly get parachutes from equipment slots? And is there a certain altitude you need to be at for them to bail out safely?

[Hawk]

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[>-FISH-D]

I'd like to know this as well. Also do you need a parachute in the planes equipment slots for each crewman? Takes awhile to upgrade to enough availalbe slots if so.

[choglit]

Parachutes !!! new i forgot somthing.

[TitanField]

Yes the crew does automatically take parachutes and yes you do need 1 parachute per crew member

[Prinz]

Low altitude, one per crewmember (you won't have enough if you want enough med kits and fire extinguishers), try to bail out the crew and let the pilot attempt to crash land. Best case if you can reach England before bailing, because then the Crew and the Bomber, if it survives a landing, are recovered and don't have a chance of being M.I.A. or K.I.A.

[GenBrien]

I had 2 parachutes and nobody jumped
+
I clicked the ''abort'' action to get straight back to base and it didnt work too?

how are the emergency buttons working?

[ReaperSixx]

Wasnt sure how this worked either. I put people on the wings and told them to bail lol. they fell to their deaths. Also, do not do emergency dive while your mechanic is doing a repair on an engine lol (it appeared he fell off or was shot off, not sure as all hell was comin lose)

[Idridus]

They grab chutes and bail out, gotta have enough for each member

[magik tho]

Does the pilot bail? Everytime I've hit it the pilot keeps on trucking until everyone is out, I assume, but the plane has always crashed before hand.

[Not a Bard]

Originally posted by GenBrien:

I had 2 parachutes and nobody jumped
+
I clicked the ''abort'' action to get straight back to base and it didnt work too?

how are the emergency buttons working?

"Abort" just tells your navigator to forget the objective and plot a course home. You still have to fly back.

[Ice Koobs]

Originally posted by Gamerofthegame:

Does the pilot bail? Everytime I've hit it the pilot keeps on trucking until everyone is out, I assume, but the plane has always crashed before hand.

The pilot like every good captain goes down with the (air)ship. Unless you command them to leave their station.

[GenBrien]

Originally posted by Dead Squirrel:

"Abort" just tells your navigator to forget the objective and plot a course home. You still have to fly back.

ahhhhhh ok thx!

[GenBrien]

oh and it seems that ''emergency landing'' with no fuel left is not a good idea
I though the pilot was going in a dive to gain speed and made a final smotth landing
seems that he kept on that diving angle and crashed on the water
7 dead
nice!

[Team Triss]

Originally posted by Ice Koobs:

Originally posted by Gamerofthegame:

Does the pilot bail? Everytime I've hit it the pilot keeps on trucking until everyone is out, I assume, but the plane has always crashed before hand.

The pilot like every good captain goes down with the (air)ship. Unless you command them to leave their station.

Is there a way you can tell him to bail after everyone else is away?

[Lymark]

Originally posted by GenBrien:

oh and it seems that ''emergency landing'' with no fuel left is not a good idea
I though the pilot was going in a dive to gain speed and made a final smotth landing
seems that he kept on that diving angle and crashed on the water
7 dead
nice!

Yeah, I also thought that the pilot would glide for a ditch(they should). I think that's something the devs should look into.

[GenBrien]

if the pilot is dead/unconcious, is there a way to issue the ''all bail out'' order?
if no, then I think it should not be a pilot skill but a hotkey instead