[JTB] Several Missions: NPCs don't board the Millennium Falcon/X-Wing

This is what happens when i try - it does give the fly mission option. Idk if this is supposed to say something different, but i can explore and the ship takes off - i can also scan that's why its greyed out.  When I click on the mission I get 

him hanging out outside the plane. Droid used to be in the plane, but it just wants to hang out too now. Once the mission icon is gone - approx 5 seconds - he always runs off. 

Is that what happens to everyone else?