Originally Posted by
Barksdale Boy
The captain, unless it was a GSU trip, would then say "Do we all know what we're doing?" then off to the joys of the feeder.
Put another way, the Captain's job was the safe execution of the sortie requirements of the rear crew, planned as economically as possible or by the plotter. The plotter would also allow for pilots' playtime at the end of the sortie. During low level flying the pilots did have to work a bit harder.