I really don't think Busetta considered it a suicide mission.
And that raises another point: Michael obviously left Cuba without Buscetta--but did he know he was dead when he ordered his plane to leave? Or, did he have some agreement that Buscetta was to meet him at the plane by a certain time, and if he wasn't there, the plane would take off without him? I can't see Michael knowingly leaving Buscetta behind--he looked like the kind of guy who'd stop at nothing to avenge himself against Michael if that happened.
Is that really true about the bird? I'll have to watch for that next time.
I'm not sure why Michael had a plane ready to fly him out. He knew about his and Roth's intended assassinations, so why did he attend the reception? He couldn't know that Castro was on the doorstep nor could he have known that Roth's murder didn't take place. However, he should have realized that once in the Palace, Batista could have had him locked in. Why not fly out before the reception?
