How to jump into a gunner's seat

[Woke Up Dead]

Recently when switch to a gunner's position in a bomber in online play the gunner's automation is turned off, I can control the gun and shoot right away. However, I remember that when I jumped into gunners' positions in the past, the AI automation of the gunner would stay on until I manually turned it off. I preferred it this way, because I could let my AI gunners track bandits and I could see them right away when I jumped into their seats. Now I have to wait a couple of seconds after I turn the automation on for the AI to re-acquire the bandit.

How to I make it so that I can jump into a gunner's seat and have him stay in AI mode right from the beginning?