> The brass hated it. The person in the pilot's seat was really the one in charge. The officers were just back-seat drivers. To this day, the Navy sets up nucle

> The brass hated it. The person in the pilot's seat was really the one in charge. The officers were just back-seat drivers. To this day, the Navy sets up nuclear submarines so that different people steer, control power, and control buoyancy. After reading Ben Rich's Skunk Works memoire, and coming across some other references to the Navy's intransigence in some areas, this fits right in.