If the ship had made it to one of the pirate harbours, I can only hope that the USN commander on the spot would have dragged out his copy of 'Black Hawk Down' to learn his lines - the very same ones the USN Admiral off the coast of Mogadishu used on the Somali warlord who told him it would take months of negotiations before the Americans would get their captured chopper pilot back.
And Airborne Aircrew, I have to say I think you hit the nail squarely on the head with your comments.
Last edited by Wiley; 9th Apr 2009 at 07:22.