Bionic AI

[ImpalerNL]

''I used to think that this was unrealistic, but I've sort of changed my mind. While a huge fuel fire in a wing tank can quickly melt a wing spar to the point where it collapses, smaller fires, such as engine fires, shouldn't "kill" a plane that quickly.''

A bomber has some time to manage the flames by cutting off fuel flow to one fuel tank for example.

But i mean a fighter sized aircraft.
When a fighter aircraft is on fire any sane pilot would bail.

Ive seen AI zeros and ki61s that had the cockpit covered in flames and didnt bail but kept making defensive maneuvers.