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Old 24th Feb 2019, 12:54
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Two's in
Below the Glidepath - not correcting
 
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Whereas the report clearly states the mechanics behind the accident - out of target parameters, incorrectly flown recovery manoevre, overcontrolling and ultimately, descending below the deck height before attempting to eject - it skips over the poor supervision and training involved in the trial itself. The pilot had just over 1,000 hours F-18 but only 11 hours in the Tucano. This was his first solo (unsupervised) weapons release on type. Unless I'm missing it, he was a squadron pilot with no prior experience on weapons trials or release. If I was on that inquiry, I would want to understand the selection, training, currency requirements and overall supervision structure for climbing in to a dissimilar type and trialing weapons release. It's always the pilot who gets you to the accident, but he seems to have had some organizational assistance along the way that isn't obviously called out in the report.
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