Originally Posted by
str12
Imagine it is night, bad weather, you are low on fuel and there's an enemy sub in the area so no radio / radar / lights and the ship is damaged and has changed course.
Or land on a neutral (Spanish) merchant man
And, once onboard you have to carry on fighting the ship, you have no where else to go so very much Officer first, pilot second.
Or once landed on a bomb damaged runway proceed via decontam to debrief while enemy bombers continue to probe and missiles keep arriving.
Fighter first, target second.