L1A2
Sir, I bow to your knowledge of the system but my problem is the same as Chugalug2 I think. I don't believe this is an aircrew problem, nor do I think it is a groundcrew/servicing problem.
The problem lies at the top of the RAF food chain, where very senior officers are out of touch with the reality of continually flying an aircraft that has passed the 'sell-by' date.
Aircraft Captains are reluctant to scrub for the reasons given earlier, and I have sympathy with that. Your comments about a 'no blame culture I would entirely agree with, but I think you are preaching to the converted here. There is nothing that will gain you more respect from your fellow aviators than standing up at a de-brief and saying 'sorry guys, I screwed up there, I made a mistake!' I
t takes an enormous amount of courage and humbleness to do that, even in front of colleagues and friends, but the rewards are equally large. I don't ever, in all my life, seem to recall a very senior officer standing up and saying 'sorry' for anything, does anyone else?
camelspyyder, I haven't really been away or sulking, I've just been a little more careful perhaps! I'm sorry you had to scrub last night, and I am genuingly concerned that you (and presumably your colleagues) are feeling that fatigued that you needed to canx. I'm not sure it will get you a ticket home or out of the fleet, but I'm certain your fellow aviators have even more respect for you than they did before. Did your Captain not notice the fatigue appearing within his crew? There's more to being a good Captain than just good flying and tactics. Perhaps he should go on one of those human factors courses? Do the Air Force still have such things or have they been canx also through lack of funds? Either way, I wish you well and hope you will be feeling better soon, and back on the front line. Best wishes
The Winco