UNdoubtably, and thats what I DO when I'm down low....as its the quickest way back to tower. When up high, though, I've gotten into the habit of bailing and /.ef in MA because its jsut faster than letting a fluttering bird thats lost its empennage ride in from 12K. And, as I said, I've run into the problem in AvA when i bail out of habit. Once the chutes open, I hit /.ef, and nothing happens, theres just nothing to do but wait. The 45 doesnt hurt the chute.....
Dont misunderstand, I'm not whining, and the thing isnt enough to keep me away. I tend to go where I can find lots of cons and a good fight I can survive in long enough to have fun, regardless what arena that happens to be. When the AvA is imbalanced or underpopulated, it isnt fun...but when it is balanced, its absolutely great. The /.ef is a minor annoyance, nothing more, and I expected it was only an oversight.
In fact, I'm surprised to hear that its hard to set up the end flight order in chutes only, becasue it IS, after all, the default in the MA. Are you sure there isnt a setting for it, because somehow HTC makes it work there!