Originally Posted by
Flying_Scotsman
If the "Air Boss" is talking continuously for 20 minutes then there is something VERY wrong with the plan! The plan should be such that there is little, if any, talking needed to coordinate, and that plan should be sufficiently well briefed and "walked through" to ensure everyone understands their part in it. If the successful completion of any display item requires that amount of talking then it is a bad plan.
I am also concerned, from a UK perspective, why there were 5 people on the B17? UK rules dictate that only the minimum operating crew should be aboard during any display flying. I would expect that to be 2, or at the most 3?
As a birthday treat, my husband rented B17G "Sentimental Journey" from the CAF for a ride round Arizona... they asked if it would be ok to fill the empty seats with volunteers from their museum, so the extra pax may have been volunteer staff having a jolly?
So sorry to see this .RIP guys x