> During the Vietnam war pilots turned off all the alarms in some of their planes There was Duke Cunningham[1], a fighter pilot ace that (IIRC from a documenta

> During the Vietnam war pilots turned off all the alarms in some of their planes There was Duke Cunningham[1], a fighter pilot ace that (IIRC from a documentary) also turned off the comm link from his RIO to avoid the potential distraction. He was able to speak to his RIO, he just wasn't interested in what the RIO had to say to him. Wow. His political career later went down in spectacular flames. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Cunningham https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Cunningham