Bailed out AI pilots disappearing?
 

I always follow bailed out AI pilots, but it seems they just disappear, no chute or anything.

This happened to me when I had altered the equipment of the pilot in the menu.
I stripped him of the chute and like 10 games later I bailed but he never opened the chute.
After equipping him with the chute everything back to normal.

So in short, check his gear in the pilot section. :-D