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It cuts both ways. Personally I wouldn't want to be led by someone that rather hit the ground in a ball of fire than risk the embarrassment of ejecting. A pil
by rightbyte 2y ago
It cuts both ways.
Personally I wouldn't want to be led by someone that rather hit the ground in a ball of fire than risk the embarrassment of ejecting.
A pilot that eject has at least shown that he has the balls to lose...
Fighter jets fall out of the sky quite often. I don't get why it suddenly is such a big deal with F35. It seems like some hardware fanboyism.
- themaninthedark 2y agoThat is from your point of view. Perhaps the military point of view is they would rather have a leader who takes more risky action and attempts to win the fight for the team rather than one who only prioritizes their personal survival.
- rightbyte 2y agoSure. But it is a trade off. I guess it is somewhat futile to reason about the pilot since we don't really know how bad the situation appeared to him. Like, we don't know where he is on the scale, except that we know he is not suicidal.
- nkrisc 2y agoGenuine question: have you served in any branch of any military?
- rightbyte 2y agoYes. Platoon sgt. mech. inf. No deployment anywhere.