Originally Posted by
The B Word
On the P8 we now have 2x Pilots, 2x WSOs (TACCO 1 and 2), 2x WSOp (ISR) EW (so-called “dry men”) and 2x WSOp (ISR) Aco (so-called “wet men”). There is a 9th crew member being discussed to conduct Sonobuoy setting, beam look out, etc... Compare that 9 to a crew of 13 on the MR2 and you can see how technology has moved things on.
When you consider that the MR2 included a Flight engineer and two Navs, I'm surprised that the crew on the P-8 is as large as it is!