Gung Ho SAS
Occasional lurker and former SLF/ Deccatrack user here.
1. How much SF / Puma work-up training had taken place pre-deployment?
2. Were the operators and the aircrew from the same CoC, or an ad-hoc group thrown together at the last minute?
3. How much leadership oversight was there on the part of the SF and JHC management? How often did they talk together about what their subordinates were doing?
Army in general and SF in particular excell at pushing the envelope to the limit. However is sufficient wisdom available to SF and aircrew for that last-minute sanity-check?
These are some of our best warfighters, should we be seeking to enable or constrain them. I don't see this as a single service issue, Army? RAF? The guys on Fortuna Glacier would probably vote for the FAA every time?
Either give them the resources to do the job, or send them home for some well-deserved harmony time