This is why when I see a teammate in a 1 on 1 with another plane, I always ask if he would like me to jump in. It really makes no difference to me, but if they don't answer I normally take that as a "yes" and will come in anyway because its usually a little bit of a fight.
I've had a couple great fights spoiled by someone jumping in... the thought is a good one initially, but at the time it was a test of skill and I thought I was holding my own alright.
I'm sorry ren, if you are on rooks, and I see someone on your 6, I'm gonna check ya. You see, I don't have a filter process, and I will forget about your request by the time I play again, if I see someone on ya I will just hit the ' and give it to ya out of courtesy. I know why you are saying this though... I was 400 off of a spit the other night with my finger on the trigger, just as I was ready to fire I got a "check 6 howitzer", and someone screaming about a spit on my 6 and I need to break, so I roll off the one I'm on just to realize the one that I was following was the spit that caused the check 6. My teammate thought he was behind me.

I was just a little irked... but at least I couldn't complain about getting picked
