Hey all, found an interesting little bug in the game -- Assault by Air - Quest - World of Warcraft does not currently fail if the ship is destroyed. Also, the first drop is made before your ship suffers its first hit and you take no falling damage if the ship blows up (though there is a decent chance you'll land in a pack of mobs). Plus, you're in a vehicle so you can run the quest naked with no ill effects.
What this adds up to is that if you want to, you can pretty much afk through this quest and still get credit, so long as you're willing to risk having to do some corpserunning. Just strip down (so you don't lose durability if you land somewhere unfriendly), hop on the plane, and walk away from the computer to go do whatever. When you come back, scoop up your corpse (if you landed somewhere unsafe), mount up, fly back, repeat as needed (number of times depending upon whether you make it one or two drop points in before they blow the plane to hell).
Did a few searches, but found nothing about this particular fluke, hope it's not a repost.