in t1 they had the scouts stop and slowly hover down if you ever got sniped out of it, or jumped out.
i HATED that. it really sucks. its alot better in t2 b/c it makes more sense that if you're barrelling forward in a plane and jump out, its going to keep going. sure, they can make up gameplay excuses like "its going into auto-hover mode" but i think it would be more fun to keep going and eventually crash. it would make galaxy passengers have to keep a watch on the pilot to see if they have to jump for it