A pair of well reasoned posts - TOFO, don't go. Your hexperience and input is wanted here. Chug, as always, a good write and simples to understand explanation - even I got the gist of it.
Mil flying is dangerous, Tis the nature of the beast. I would want the crews to be fully aware of any issues with the jet and then say - right, accepted, don't get into this situation yadda yadda yadda rather than stoof in as some desk driving wiener didn't tell the truth and man up.
You don't just "pen up" docs and stuff like this......
Same as engineers don't just pen up independants or 100% checks. Well they never did on my shifts