Maybe there's a design snag in the audio warning system - carbon fibre just doesn't give that instinctive scraping sound; also available as a doppler - effect yell if with a Navigator !
I don't know about the Typhoon, but when G-Hawk was fitted with 'moaning Minnie' some Test Pilot's first action was to reach for the switch / circuit breaker as it got on their ***'s...
I remember a tale related here a while ago where an airliner had failed to take the turn-off assigned by a female ATC - when asked why, the reply was, " sorry, you sound so much like my wife I automatically ignored you ".
Last edited by Double Zero; 28th Apr 2008 at 18:12.