Let's say you make a COOP mission with a flight of 4 planes.
You utilize the Static Airplane object to spawn near or in a Hangar.

On flight night, 2 of your buddies can't make it. Crap. You'll have 2 AI planes that will just take off straight and crash, right?

Wrong!

Give the flight Zero fuel. Those humans that don't show up and have AI in their place will simply bail out instead of take off and crash.

Example mission here:

Code:
[MAIN]
  MAP Moscow/load.ini
  TIME 14.0
  CloudType 0
  CloudHeight 2500.0
  army 1
  playerNum 0
[SEASON]
  Year 1942
  Month 11
  Day 15
[WEATHER]
  WindDirection 0.0
  WindSpeed 0.0
  Gust 0
  Turbulence 0
[MDS]
  MDS_Radar_SetRadarToAdvanceMode 0
  MDS_Radar_RefreshInterval 0
  MDS_Radar_DisableVectoring 0
  MDS_Radar_EnableTowerCommunications 1
  MDS_Radar_ShipsAsRadar 0
  MDS_Radar_ShipRadar_MaxRange 100
  MDS_Radar_ShipRadar_MinHeight 100
  MDS_Radar_ShipRadar_MaxHeight 5000
  MDS_Radar_ShipSmallRadar_MaxRange 25
  MDS_Radar_ShipSmallRadar_MinHeight 0
  MDS_Radar_ShipSmallRadar_MaxHeight 2000
  MDS_Radar_ScoutsAsRadar 0
  MDS_Radar_ScoutRadar_MaxRange 2
  MDS_Radar_ScoutRadar_DeltaHeight 1500
  MDS_Radar_HideUnpopulatedAirstripsFromMinimap 0
  MDS_Radar_ScoutGroundObjects_Alpha 5
  MDS_Radar_ScoutCompleteRecon 0
  MDS_Misc_DisableAIRadioChatter 0
  MDS_Misc_DespawnAIPlanesAfterLanding 1
  MDS_Misc_HidePlayersCountOnHomeBase 0
  MDS_Misc_BombsCat1_CratersVisibilityMultiplier 1.0
  MDS_Misc_BombsCat2_CratersVisibilityMultiplier 1.0
  MDS_Misc_BombsCat3_CratersVisibilityMultiplier 1.0
[RespawnTime]
  Bigship 1800
  Ship 1800
  Aeroanchored 1800
  Artillery 1800
  Searchlight 1800
[Wing]
  r0100
[r0100]
  Planes 4
  Skill 1
  Class air.IL_2Type3
  Fuel 0
  weapons default
  spawn0 0_Static
  spawn1 1_Static
  spawn2 2_Static
  spawn3 3_Static
[r0100_Way]
  TAKEOFF 33449.29 72227.48 0 0 &0
  NORMFLY 34835.51 70164.00 500.00 280.00 &0
  NORMFLY 35594.26 64837.86 800.00 300.00 &0
  NORMFLY 35675.26 58024.23 800.00 300.00 &0
  LANDING_104 43794.54 57743.05 0 0 &0
[NStationary]
  0_Static vehicles.planes.Plane$IL_2Type3 1 33172.28 73498.49 509.10 0.0 null 1
  1_Static vehicles.planes.Plane$IL_2Type3 1 33194.77 73465.38 509.10 0.0 null 1
  2_Static vehicles.planes.Plane$IL_2Type3 1 33216.24 73432.24 509.10 0.0 null 1
  3_Static vehicles.planes.Plane$IL_2Type3 1 33236.12 73396.88 509.10 0.0 null 1
[Buildings]
[Bridge]
[House]
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