I agree with some of the above comments. Very valuable when people post high value data that others can think about and learn from, it may save their butts one day.
I was told during basic flight training--- "Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to make them all yourself".
Very true, I also have found, as have many others to pre think your actions in certain super critical situations so hopefully if the situation ever arises your actions will be immediate and correct. A second or 2 could make the difference.
Illustrated by this true story--
A navy carrier pilot in a fighter felt the cat shot was "cold", ie very weak , so his aircraft was basically moving just fast enough as it left the deck to go down into the ocean right in front of 100 000 tons of carrier moving at 30kts.
He ejected just as his plane left the deck.
Later, when someone asked him when he made the decision to eject, he said, " about 10years ago".
