The "Bale Out" option.....Why ?

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Originally Posted by RuffMonk

Well about the only time I use it is when I've worked my way too far away from the action and simply don't want to take the time to fly all the way back in arcade. Bail out and respawn near where I want to be. I'd imagine it gets more use in Realistic and Sim where damage effects performance?

It does. If your badly damaged and are about as useless as a chocolate coffee mug with more holes in than a Swiss cheese - that's when you use it. It doesn't bring up a message saying "XXXX" bailed out, though. It just says "XXXX" killed "XXXX" or "XXXX" crashed. Hope this helps