Sweaty - exactly. I just checked - RH in Algiers today is 88%. Try it 10 deg hotter, with RH less than 10%. It makes a big difference, I assure you. Any extended period of time in that cockpit on the ground will kill you in those conditions.
Poppycock! What do you think the AAC have been doing for the last 4 years!
And I'm willing to bet you weren't wearing military flying kit, complete with ballistic protection, were you?
Yep, that to!
A lot of criticism from so called experts. It's obvious that few, if any of you have operated this type of capability in that kind of environment. Uncomfortable? Yes! Need preparation? Definately! Unacheivable? Absolutely not!
I doubt that this plastic thingy is a viable long term solution, but it would be better than nothing and nothing is pretty much what we've got at the moment