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Originally posted by Eirikur View PostUnbelievable how many conspiracy idiots there are on this forumScoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.Comment
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostTerrifying you mean. Between Walter Mitty "experts" and the tin foil hat brigade this has got to be one of the most pathetic and ridiculous threads I've ever had the misfortune to read on this forumWhen the fun stops, STOP.Comment
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostI’m rather more drawn to:
- People under extreme stress often make mistakes;
- When the people under extreme stress are in control of guided missiles, their mistakes can have terrible consequences.
Occam’s Razor, don’t you know. There's a similar example of that situation arising in the same part of the world involving two of the same participants: Iran Air Flight 655 - Wikipedia
You don't have to be under extreme stress, sometimes training takes over and a step of events practiced time and again get carried out.
Back in the day (Circa 1989) I had to investigate a Phantom Radar for faults after the following happened.
A F4 with a full missile load on QRA in Germany scrambled to intercept some pesky Russian bombers. All went normal, F4 turned up, Russians waved and turned back. On the way back the F4 spotted a Jaguar on a training flight and requested a unplanned practice intercept. Jag said yes and off they went. Any way F4 pilot got carried away and forgot he had live missiles on board and so therefore set his MASS to LIVE, once in range he set a live AIM_9L off at the Jag. Luckily protocol dictated that radio contact was maintained and he managed to get the Jag Pilot to eject and live happily ever after.
Moral of the story, even a highly trained intelligent airman can feck up with live missiles, even in a training event.But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
- People under extreme stress often make mistakes;
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Originally posted by Gibbon View PostYou don't have to be under extreme stress, sometimes training takes over and a step of events practiced time and again get carried out.
Back in the day (Circa 1989) I had to investigate a Phantom Radar for faults after the following happened.
A F4 with a full missile load on QRA in Germany scrambled to intercept some pesky Russian bombers. All went normal, F4 turned up, Russians waved and turned back. On the way back the F4 spotted a Jaguar on a training flight and requested a unplanned practice intercept. Jag said yes and off they went. Any way F4 pilot got carried away and forgot he had live missiles on board and so therefore set his MASS to LIVE, once in range he set a live AIM_9L off at the Jag. Luckily protocol dictated that radio contact was maintained and he managed to get the Jag Pilot to eject and live happily ever after.
Moral of the story, even a highly trained intelligent airman can feck up with live missiles, even in a training event."A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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Originally posted by Gibbon View PostYou don't have to be under extreme stress, sometimes training takes over and a step of events practiced time and again get carried out.
Back in the day (Circa 1989) I had to investigate a Phantom Radar for faults after the following happened.
A F4 with a full missile load on QRA in Germany scrambled to intercept some pesky Russian bombers. All went normal, F4 turned up, Russians waved and turned back. On the way back the F4 spotted a Jaguar on a training flight and requested a unplanned practice intercept. Jag said yes and off they went. Any way F4 pilot got carried away and forgot he had live missiles on board and so therefore set his MASS to LIVE, once in range he set a live AIM_9L off at the Jag. Luckily protocol dictated that radio contact was maintained and he managed to get the Jag Pilot to eject and live happily ever after.
Moral of the story, even a highly trained intelligent airman can feck up with live missiles, even in a training event.
I have no idea what the offical outcome was, but a parachutist I knew commented that they spend a huge amount of time in training presuming that their canopy wasn't going to open. He himself commented that on his first jump he was almost surprised to look up and see it there. The question therefore is - was she simply following her training upto that point (I.e. One thousand, two thousand, three thousand, check canopy. Canopy failed, cut away)
I have to say, I find the human factors in these things absolutely fascinating. It's terrifying how crap we are.Comment
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostDo you know that you a still bound by the Official Secrets Act?
Also echos of this:
Training exercise Pc Ian Terry 'unlawfully killed' | The Independent
On seeing him holding the gun, his colleague, granted anonymity and identified only as Chris during the inquest, acted "instinctively"Last edited by vwdan; 12 January 2020, 15:19.Comment
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostDo you know that you a still bound by the Official Secrets Act?But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Breaking news
It was Colonel Mustard in the library with a candle stick.Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.Comment
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostTerrifying you mean. Between Walter Mitty "experts" and the tin foil hat brigade this has got to be one of the most pathetic and ridiculous threads I've ever had the misfortune to read on this forumComment
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