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The pilot had a justifiable lack of faith in the aircraft and didn't care to be the next pilot victim.

by krunck 2y ago

elif 2y ago
64 miles the school bus sized rocket flew before crashing into some suburb. Imagine if someone accidentally fired a tomahawk missile in South Carolina for some reason by procedure. The operator had 10 minutes to cancel but instead acted prematurely.
- jtbayly 2y ago
  It takes 10 minutes to fall 2000 feet? Then why do the instructions say eject if you’re below 6k?
  - thrill 2y ago
    Normally such instructions say to eject if you're out of control below some specific altitude that the ejection system is known to be capable of operating within.
_mlbt 2y ago
Yes, as the old saying goes “better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.” The decision to relieve him was made with the benefit of having much more data and time to make a decision available to them than the pilot had.
varjag 2y ago
There was exactly 1 (one) fatality involving F-35s. In Japan air force, attributed to the piloting error.
- toast0 2y ago
  I'm sure had the pilot not ejected and the plane crashed, we'd all be calling it pilot error for not ejecting when in this situation, when the book called for ejecting.
  - varjag 2y ago
    The book didn't call for ejecting from a controllable plane. As per the fine article, the commander referred to a chapter that was not relevant for the situation.
margalabargala 2y ago
For those downvoting you, the "justifiable lack of faith" here, above and beyond what was enumerated in the article, is that at the time this happened there had been two fatal F35 malfunctions/crashes in the preceding six weeks. I don't blame the pilot for not wanting to become another statistic.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  Per the article, the other crashes weren't F35s. They were a "F/A-18D Hornet in southern California, which killed its pilot, and an MV-22 Osprey crash in Australia that killed three Marines." I dont blame someone if they were to get scared and bail, but I also dont blame the marines if they dont want people like that flying their 110 million dollar jets.
  - margalabargala 2y ago
    Somehow I missed that. Thanks.
H8crilA 2y ago
This Number Of Fatalities On Any Other Platform Not Being The F-35 Will Shock You [link] !!!

The pilot had a justifiable lack of faith in the aircraft and didn't care to be the next pilot victim.

by krunck 2y ago

The pilot had a justifiable lack of faith in the aircraft and didn't care to be the next pilot victim.

elif 2y ago

64 miles the school bus sized rocket flew before crashing into some suburb. Imagine if someone accidentally fired a tomahawk missile in South Carolina for some reason by procedure. The operator had 10 minutes to cancel but instead acted prematurely.

jtbayly 2y ago
It takes 10 minutes to fall 2000 feet? Then why do the instructions say eject if you’re below 6k?
- thrill 2y ago
  Normally such instructions say to eject if you're out of control below some specific altitude that the ejection system is known to be capable of operating within.

_mlbt 2y ago

Yes, as the old saying goes “better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.” The decision to relieve him was made with the benefit of having much more data and time to make a decision available to them than the pilot had.

varjag 2y ago

There was exactly 1 (one) fatality involving F-35s. In Japan air force, attributed to the piloting error.

toast0 2y ago
I'm sure had the pilot not ejected and the plane crashed, we'd all be calling it pilot error for not ejecting when in this situation, when the book called for ejecting.
- varjag 2y ago
  The book didn't call for ejecting from a controllable plane. As per the fine article, the commander referred to a chapter that was not relevant for the situation.

margalabargala 2y ago

For those downvoting you, the "justifiable lack of faith" here, above and beyond what was enumerated in the article, is that at the time this happened there had been two fatal F35 malfunctions/crashes in the preceding six weeks. I don't blame the pilot for not wanting to become another statistic.

s1artibartfast 2y ago
Per the article, the other crashes weren't F35s. They were a "F/A-18D Hornet in southern California, which killed its pilot, and an MV-22 Osprey crash in Australia that killed three Marines." I dont blame someone if they were to get scared and bail, but I also dont blame the marines if they dont want people like that flying their 110 million dollar jets.
- margalabargala 2y ago
  Somehow I missed that. Thanks.

H8crilA 2y ago

This Number Of Fatalities On Any Other Platform Not Being The F-35 Will Shock You [link] !!!