I don't think that anybody here plans to bail out a the least hint of danger.I'd advise all to re-read this bit:What is the point of buddy diving if you plan to bail out when you're most needed?
And as buddies are concerned,someone once said"buddies are for fun,not for safety".In an air share, you reach a point on the exit where you know you normally use 500 psi to exit on your best day and there is 200 left in the tanks and a difficult restriction ahead, or whatever would make you certain both of you aren't going to make it. You are 100% certain, and not only are you 100% certain, you are 100% correct. You may not even make it and it would take all of your skill, all of your tricks, all of your experience, and to make it out would be a miracle in itself at this point, but you are good enough, that maybe you just might, but in that air share there is absolutely no way. It's not Ginnie. It's not a popular cave. It's in the Bahamas. You know the only three cave divers on that island and they are not planning to go diving that day. Are you really a coward? Are you cutting and running?
The bottom line for me is:I never ever think or hope that when **** hits the fan my buddy is gonna be there to help me out of trouble.He only might be,that's it.
Anyways,this is all pointless speculation,none of us know how we're going to react in a situation like that until it happens.Remember Lucretius:"the mask is tore off...."