Originally Posted by
Jackonicko
I wonder how come they've managed to reduce the dry team by two (half) and the wets by just one? Fewer technological improvements in sonobuoys? Was MAD a full-time job for one of the dry ops?
On the Mk 1, and carried over to the Mk 2, Radar and ESM/MAD would change positions periodically as the radar op needed a rest from one and ESM from the other. Of course on a purely wet sortie Radar could take on other roles such as buoy loading or galley.