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re: Rogue pilot hijacks plane in Seattle
Posted on 8/11/18 at 3:15 pm to Reservoir dawg
Posted on 8/11/18 at 3:15 pm to Reservoir dawg
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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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Posted on 8/11/18 at 4:58 pm to StupidBinder
That is the sole function of these pilots stationed in Oregon. They are the rapid response for any incidents up and down the west coast. They have been scrambled several times to take care of rogue aircraft. They actually are allowed to break the sound barrier heading up from Portland. The planes are always full of gas and loaded with weapons to deal with any threat.
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