Darkside 2
'Anyone who has ever flown knows that pilot performance is inversely proportional to information inputs, either visually or audible. I have flown on missions on the K where pilot overload was becoming noticeable due to the amount of information trying to be assimilated by the handling pilot'
You've hit it on the head mate. Exactly where was that information that was making the pilot's workload so noticeable coming from? AUDIBLE - Could it perhaps have been from the continual competition that exists between the Nav and Co to navigate 50 yds left of a dead tree stump because the system has not allowed them to utilise a perfectly good bit of equipment that has been fitted since Gulf War 1? VISUAL - The J HUD provides all the information and more than what is ever available on the K.
'When you start to realise that you might have AWACS info on one radio, interplane on another, contact with the troops on yet a third radio, normal intercom usage, satcom info coming into your headset in one go, that's a large amount of traffic to prioritise and digest'.
Perhaps thats why the J crews from day one on the Tac Cse will be trained and will be expected to communicate, authenticate and pass timely information to/from C3 etc etc etc. If the LM is available he will back up the PNF (Pilot-Non-Flying or WSO depending on your open-mindness), however, two pilots will be expected to achieve (and by the way can achieve) the whole gambit.
'However the crew complement should change for that role'.
How can you on one hand challenge Robo with statements like
'Merely stating comments you've heard from J boys will always have a biased edge to them' yet state yourself 'however the crew complement should change for that role'. You have obviously a biased opinion yourself?
'This would give a more balanced view and allow the pilots to concentrate on flying/navigating'.
The pilots are more than capable of flying and navigating with what the aircraft already has - they do not require a balanced view - unless of course they're double assymetric - then again the HUD even shows that!.
Finally, 'Times are changing and we have to move forward, but let's walk first before sprinting......'
I believe this comment should be directly reversed back to the likes of yourselves. Times have changed and the quicker we all (the RAF) realise the potential of modern technology then the better we will be able to prosecute our business.
'Sir, you are drunk'.......'Madam, in the morning I shall be sober and you will still be ugly'