Originally Posted by
recceguy
Airlines pilots are usually nervous in those occurrences, as they have no idea of what close formation is (same for intercepts, by the way) ....
You know you might want to stick “some” into that statement in a few places otherwise you’ll upset the significant number of young and old f**s here who cut their teeth doing things like night intercepts and night close formation (perhaps before the days of NVGs) let alone the odd ex Reds pilot who you might now find making a living in 0A or OB....as for “nervousness” , well anyone who claims intercepts and close formation on an airliner don’t add an very slight element of risk to the equation is kidding themselves.