Ultimately, bailing buff pilots falls into the same category as intentional head-on shots....however cheesy it may seem, if the game allows for it, it will happen. Short of Hitech writing some code that inflicts some punitive measure for buff pilots who bail within x seconds/minutes after dropping eggs, there's no way such dweebery can be eliminated. Frankly I'm surprised the game isn't already infested with dedicated bomb n'bail skwads.
There's a few differences. First off everyone HOs. Or, I dont believe anyone that says they dont. And there is only one kind of HO, and thats intentional. Unless that is you have cerebral palsy. Also HO'ing was commonly used in the actual air war that the game is based on whereas nobody in their right mind, in WW-ll, would jump out of a perfectly good airplane. One that has plenty of fuel to get home.
There have been a few times I bailed when real life intervened, or when I had to take a dump, but when at all possible I would do so before I bombed out of sheer personal pride. And I never,ever bailed when an enemy contact was in sight. I'd crap my pants before I did that.
They bomb and bail for two reasons. They either dont want to get shot down or they dont want to take the time to land the bombers. You know it, I know it, we all know it.
And I dont even think there is all that many who do it. But there should be some penalty written into the game for it.