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re: Rogue pilot hijacks plane in Seattle
Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:03 pm to Reservoir dawg
Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:03 pm to Reservoir dawg
Completely different.
Daily training missions do not equal real world scrambles.
Daily training missions do not equal real world scrambles.
This post was edited on 8/11/18 at 12:05 pm
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Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:19 pm to Reservoir dawg
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Ok, would you rather they go about their normal training flights, or answer the call of duty? What's the difference in costs?
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I would rather that a suicidal maniac doesn’t steal a plane and force two F-15s to take off and intercept him.
That was one extra two-ship that didn’t have to launch dude. It’s not like a training sortie got cancelled because the alert fighters had to fly today.
This post was edited on 8/11/18 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:29 pm to Buck Magnum
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there were more that two bakers in the bakery
Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:34 pm to wickowick
Captain Rich is hanging with Chris Cornell rn.
Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:47 pm to ReauxlTide222
Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:52 pm to bayoucracka
Would of been cool if the fighter did a barrel roll.
Posted on 8/11/18 at 12:56 pm to Drew Orleans
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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 on 8/11/18 at 1:02 pm to bayoucracka
Thanks
Posted on 8/11/18 at 1:05 pm to Reservoir dawg
Gee wish I would have thought about that...
All I’m saying is that there is a “difference in cost”
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 on 8/11/18 at 1:08 pm to Drew Orleans
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Gee wish I would have thought about that...
That was my point
Posted on 8/11/18 at 1:12 pm to Reservoir dawg
You asked what the difference in cost is... I’m telling you there is one. That mission wasn’t going to happen regardless.
Additionally, there are more lives impacted negatively by what he did then you realize.
Additionally, there are more lives impacted negatively by what he did then you realize.
Posted on 8/11/18 at 1:14 pm to Reservoir dawg
I guess no information yet as to why he would suddenly decide to kill himself?
He had a hot wife. First guess is that they were having trouble.
He gave us a very inexpensive lesson in the massive security breach we have at that airport and one can assume at many airports around the country.
He had a hot wife. First guess is that they were having trouble.
He gave us a very inexpensive lesson in the massive security breach we have at that airport and one can assume at many airports around the country.
Posted on 8/11/18 at 1:32 pm to SprintFun
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The man’s name was “Rich,”
Does he look like a guy from Abercrombie & Fitch ?
Posted on 8/11/18 at 2:29 pm to PygmalionEffect
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He gave us a very inexpensive lesson in the massive security breach we have at that airport and one can assume at many airports around the country.
He w/o a 35 million dollar aircraft. That was expensive, but this was a good exercise and will only help emergency readiness in the future. But as you stated, a security issue that has always existed, will be examined in further detail now. Some folks around here don't understand.
Posted on 8/11/18 at 2:33 pm to Reservoir dawg
Inexpensive in lives lost versus crashing the plane into the nearest skyscraper.
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.
Posted on 8/11/18 at 4:29 pm to GEAUXmedic
Puddle jumper eh? He did a pretty good barrel roll before taking her down the briny deep. Poor wife, he left his estate on the hook for the cost of that airplane (like $ 32 million). Ouch!
This post was edited on 8/11/18 at 4:33 pm
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.
Posted on 8/11/18 at 6:07 pm to UAH_Tiger2
Sole function? Not so much.
Posted on 8/11/18 at 6:43 pm to Reservoir dawg
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But as you stated, a security issue that has always existed, will be examined in further detail now. Some folks around here don't understand.
All the security measures in the world wont matter if there is no way to determine that the pilots and other personal working in and around the aircraft are mentally stable, or as in this case has the propensity to become instable in the future, it is a problem that will not be solved for a long time.
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