Will stay the entire way if needed. What I do hate though is the new guy you try to be nice to. You join his plane as a gunner he then flys to 5K right into a furball and starts dog fighting in the buffs making it near impossible to shoot a damn thing and then squeaking at you for not shooting down the cons that ripped him a new one. Then after ranting he asks if you want to do it again. lol 
Discerning bomber pilots screen their gunners...
Discerning gunners screen their commanders...
If the guy is flying a Lanc that is a Red Flag. If he flies from a forward base that is also a Red Flag
You can politely figure out the mettle of the bomber pilot by asking a few questions before joining up
The good bombers and good gunners tend to know each other...in fact they are typically both; good gunners are good bombers and vice versa
I love gunning as much as I love bombing; my old man gunned on 17G's in the war.
It is why I fly them, it is why I gun them
Out
Oneway