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Sometimes I think that to some, all of the chants and mantras are more important than just doing the job.
Couldn't agree more. Some people would seem to prefer to fly the aeroplane into a smoking hole than get an SOP call wrong.
(well obviously it's not smoking yet,but you get the idea
Even if the aircraft is in a terminal dive, a good support pilot will call "1000 to go" in the last split second of his life.