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re: Rogue pilot hijacks plane in Seattle

Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:56 pm to
Posted by Reservoir dawg
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:56 pm to
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Daily training missions do not equal real world scrambles.




It's a real world exercise, so it can be useful for future experience. Think about it for a second.
Posted by Drew Orleans
Member since Mar 2010
21577 posts
Posted on 8/11/18 at 1:05 pm to
Gee wish I would have thought about that...

All I’m saying is that there is a “difference in cost”
This post was edited on 8/11/18 at 1:07 pm
Posted by StupidBinder
Jawja
Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 8/11/18 at 3:15 pm to
quote:

It's a real world exercise, so it can be useful for future experience. Think about it for a second.


Maybe, but that’s far from a given.

I’m not an expert on operational readiness for fighter squadrons, but I do know that training is very specific and very focused. A pilot has to do “X” flights to be qualified for, say, scramble/intercept missions and since these guys were on alert, they were certainly mission ready.

I’m not at all certain that taking off and following this guy for half an hour before they returned to base made them materially better pilots.
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