Thanks, F-16 Guy.
I would love to talk with a few recent UPT grads. but the "bug" is limiting social contact at the local pubs.
Other than the Viper and the Deuce, the other planes I flew always gave you lottsa warnings. The Viper and Deuce did not suddenly go out of control by flipping and yawing and...., they just descended. You could get the Deuce down to 90 knots in a climb and then descend at 10,000 FPM and feel real good. The Viper didn't have wing rock or even moderate buffet, it just rolled/yawed and most of the time ended up descending at 30 deg AoA until impact or using the MPO feature to rock it out.
I have always sided with the "crew" on this forum and look for mechanical failures beyond control of the operator(s). In this case, I can not see Gee Loc. I see something more insidious.
Another nickel on the grass.