Originally Posted by
just another jocky
There is an example of short cuts when a badged navigator went solo in a Tornado GR1 (that's a strike ac with no rear seat controls and with another navigator in the back seat).
It doesn't mean the case the OP mentions happened, just that these things do, on occasion, occur.
Not withstanding who sat in which seats I believe there were a few twin stick tornado GR1's , Tornado GR1 ZA 362 (Twin Stick Trainer) is in the Highland Aviation Museum