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Flying a manned aircraft into a collision with an unmanned aircraft is pilot incompetence. Ordering a human pilot to fly into a collision with an unmanned airc
by gorkish 4y ago
Flying a manned aircraft into a collision with an unmanned aircraft is pilot incompetence.
Ordering a human pilot to fly into a collision with an unmanned aircraft is command incompetence.
The attempts here to backsplain this ridiculousness is maddening. Why is a plot-twisting-conspiracy easier to accept than the far more likely explanation that an undertrained russian pilot decided to risk his plane and his life to fuck around and buzz the unmanned drone he ran across?
- Ruthalas 4y agoAt least according to the article: >Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner. That could be argued to be more intentional than just faffing about.
- mitthrowaway2 4y agoGiven how much command incompetence Russia has demonstrated so far, I'm not sure why you think that's a less likely explanation than pilot incompetence. It also seems like the collision happened after several other actions consistent with an order along the lines of "bring down that drone without firing on it"