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The oxygen system problem(s) aren't new to the F22. One pilot has been killed, and some pilots have refused to fly the plane over persistent problems that haven
by fnordfnordfnord 12y ago
The oxygen system problem(s) aren't new to the F22. One pilot has been killed, and some pilots have refused to fly the plane over persistent problems that haven't been sorted out. So, Wilson isn't alone in his complaints, and he isn't making things up.
http://defensetech.org/2012/05/04/f-22-pilots-to-discuss-why-they-wont-fly-the-jet/ http://defensetech.org/2012/05/04/f-22-pilots-to-discuss-why...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/03/pilots_refuse_f22/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/03/pilots_refuse_f22/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/85253929/F22-Lawsuit http://www.scribd.com/doc/85253929/F22-Lawsuit
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/m/military_aircraft/f22_airplane/index.html http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects...
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/dod-air-force-wrong-blame-22-pilot-crash/story?id=18464578 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/dod-air-force-wrong-blame-22-p...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138684/Family-F22-pilot-killed-oxygen-cut-accuses-Air-Force-cover-blaming-420m-plane-crash.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138684/Family-F22-p...
- jcheng 12y agoI think csandreasen wasn't saying that the complaints weren't warranted; just that it might have been the refusal to fly, rather than the whistleblowing per se, that stalled his career.
- csandreasen 12y agoThat's exactly what I was trying to say - I think this is an issue of pilots getting caught in a health/safety battle, and there's every reason to go about investigating from that angle (I'm assuming that's what the Inspector General investigation is focused on). I don't see the evidence to conclude that he's being reprimanded for whistleblowing.