The thing that amazes me is bombers at 25-30k usually have a decent advantage over most fighters and stand a good chance of shooting them down. Well that is vs your average pilot. I remember I was at 30k in some B29s drooling as a NIKI tried to climb up and shoot me down, sadly he ran out of fuel about 2k from me so I didn't get to shoot him down.
I know I'm an odd bomber fart, but I have to be honest, most pilots aren't that skilled at attacking bombers and I'm amazed these guys bail when they would stand a good chance if they just stuck in their guns.