Originally Posted by
Bill Macgillivray
Mk2 "bonedome" in the Vulcan was not the best fit !! In the T4 it was just about tolerable ! Military flying has/does always provide a certain amount of risk, surely that is the nature of the beast!!
Bill
Hi Bill, agreed in the old days that was a reasonable way forward as we were in the mob. Risk management in the RAF in the 21st century has changed a great deal because of a series of accidents and deaths including the Haddon Cave Investigation and two mid airs involving air cadets where none of the cadets or AEF pilots survived.
Personally, I see no point in trussing up air cadets in parachutes because nobody has as yet managed to bail out of Tutor and the bone domes were designed for adults flying fast jets not lightly built 13 year old cadets. Clearly views vary considerably but coming back to the original question does the UAS/AEF system represent value for money? The ACO/Taxpayer could get far better value for money if it was spent down the local flying club.