Of course they bail, why would you waste your time on the return flight ???? probably the only guys who land are guys who worry about their overall rank. I dropped all vehicle hangers on 3 seperate bases and shot down a spit flew home all unescorted and got 7 perks to spend on what ????????Guys in fighters can do that in minutes . Dropping the hangers took pressure off of one base and enabled the capture due to the enemies inability to re supp or support by land. In all the flight was about an hour. Looking at that in prospective it far out weighs upping a fighter to dogfight with others to achieve nothing other than satisfaction. Of course all this depends on what you percieve as the object of the game. Perk the bombers as much as you want , everyone has thousands of useless points to spend... OR.... perk them highly but make landing them worthwhile by making the perks sensible and offering more perk bombers or other ways of spending them. Perk formations or only count the score if they land or are shot down.